From the early work of Darwin, then Ehrlich and Raven (1964), to the recent novel contribution of mutualistic networks developed by Jordano and colleagues(Bascompte and Jordano 2007, Nuismer et al. 2013, Guimaraes et al.2017), it is clear that plant-animal interactions--especially those involving herbivory, seed dispersal, seed predation and pollination-are significant drivers of ecological processes and the evolution and maintenance of biodiversity. The vast majority of plant species, for example, are influenced by animal-mediated seed dispersal and pollination. Hence, understanding the compl...
