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. 2012 Mar 8;7(3):e32663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032663

Table 1. Parameters of the plant–pollinator networks.

2007 2008 2009 2010
Plant species (total 138) 79 88 100 108
Plants as % of total species 59.4% 66.2% 75.2% 81.2%
Mean links per plant (± SD) 5.7±7.2 8.9±7.7 8.4±7.1 7.2±5.6
Maximum links in plant 43 45 33 26
Pollinator species (total 347) 126 128 149 149
Pollinators as % of total species 38.1% 38.7% 45.0% 45.0%
Mean links per pollinator (± SD) 3.6±4.8 6.12±8.6 5.7±7.8 5.2±8.4
Maximum links in pollinator 40 58 51 71
Interactions (total 2293) 452 790 847 781
Interactions as % of total interactions 19.7% 34.5% 36.99% 34.1%
Connectance 4.54 7.01 5.67 4.85
Nestedness 0.968** 0.952** 0.957** 0.963**
NODF 19.17** 25.44** 29.43** 32.10**

Values are given for observations made in each year as well as the entire 4-year study period. Connectance is the percentage of interactions divided by the number of possible interactions; Nestedness is (100−T)/100, where T is the temperature. NODF (Nestedness based on overlap and decreasing fill) values are explained in the text (Methods). (* P<0.05; ** P<0.01).