About the talk

Plant-pollinator interaction networks are usually studied as a fixed set of interacting species that cannot create new sets of interactions. In my thesis I want to introduce the concepts of open communities and rewiring to the analysis of plant-pollinator interaction networks. The goal is to explore how plant-pollinator interaction networks change in a context of climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressures if we consider them dynamic systems. To do so we planned four key topics: 1) phenological asynchrony between interacting species due to climate change and biodiversity as a potential buffer at the community level, 2) rewiring and species turnover under a land use gradient, 3) heterogeneous interactions' distribution at a fine spatial scale and lastly 4) predicting potential plant-pollinator interactions at the European level.

About the speaker

I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Vigo and then moved to London to pursue a Master of Research at Imperial College London. Throughout my undergraduate and master's programs, I had the opportunity to work in three different labs, studying the impact of invasive species on plant-herbivore interactions, conducting phylogenetic analysis, and analyzing historical bumblebee data in the context of climate change. These experiences culminated in my thesis focused on plant-pollinator interaction networks in Doñana, which is supervised by Ignasi Bartomeus (CSIC).