000169194 001__ 169194 000169194 005__ 20260223164759.0 000169194 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1080/17550874.2019.1626509 000169194 0248_ $$2sideral$$a147080 000169194 037__ $$aART-2019-147080 000169194 041__ $$aeng 000169194 100__ $$aLosapio, Gianalberto 000169194 245__ $$aPerspectives for ecological networks in plant ecology 000169194 260__ $$c2019 000169194 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000169194 5203_ $$aBackground: Plant communities are usually characterised by species composition and abundance, but also underlie a multitude of complex interactions that we have only recently started unveiling. Yet, we are still far from understanding ecological and evolutionary processes shaping the network-level organisation of plant diversity, and to what extent these processes are specific to certain spatial scales or environments. Aims: Understanding the systemic mechanisms of plant–plant network assembly and their consequences for diversity patterns. Methods: We review recent methods and results of plant–plant networks. Results: We synthetize how plant–plant networks can help us to: (a) assess how competition and facilitation may balance each other through the network; (b) analyse the role of plantplant interactions beyond pairwise competition in structuring plant communities, and (c) forecast the ecological implications of complex species dependencies. We discuss pros and cons, assumptions and limitations of different approaches used for inferring plant–plant networks. Conclusions: We propose novel opportunities for advancing plant ecology by using ecological networks that encompass different ecological levels and spatio-temporal scales, and incorporate more biological information. Embracing networks of interactions among plants can shed new light on mechanisms driving evolution and ecosystem functioning, helping us to mitigate diversity loss. 000169194 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/647038/EU/Biological feedbacks and ecosystem resilience under global change: a new perspective on dryland desertification/BIODESERT$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 647038-BIODESERT$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FJCI-2015-26782 000169194 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000169194 590__ $$a1.196$$b2019 000169194 591__ $$aPLANT SCIENCES$$b146 / 234 = 0.624$$c2019$$dQ3$$eT2 000169194 592__ $$a0.583$$b2019 000169194 593__ $$aEcology$$c2019$$dQ2 000169194 593__ $$aPlant Science$$c2019$$dQ2 000169194 593__ $$aEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics$$c2019$$dQ2 000169194 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000169194 700__ $$aMontesinos-Navarro, Alicia 000169194 700__ $$aSaiz, Hugo 000169194 773__ $$g12, 2 (2019), 87-102$$pPLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY$$tPLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY$$x1755-0874 000169194 8564_ $$s1744011$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169194/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000169194 8564_ $$s537290$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169194/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000169194 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:169194$$particulos$$pdriver 000169194 951__ $$a2026-02-23-14:54:15 000169194 980__ $$aARTICLE