Whittaker's dissimilarity index

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Method synopsis

Calculation of interaction turnover between plant-pollinator networks at different sites by comparing shared taxa and their interaction frequencies. Produces metrics of rewiring occurrence and interaction similarity between communities.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 4 papers using this protocol.

Procedure as described in the canonical source

Steps below were extracted from the paper that introduces this protocol — Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring (2023). Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Calculate rewiring between site pairs
   Create edge lists comprising plants and pollinators shared between both sites for each pair of sites. Perform this step for a subset of five sampling rounds for each site/date combination (1SD below the mean) and aggregate possible and observed interactions from each site/date into single networks for the entire year. Fill edge lists with the number of times shared interactions were observed at each site.
   Quantities: Pairwise comparisons of all combinations of 18 sitesDuration: Post-field data processingConditions: Laboratory data analysis
   Equipment: computers, data analysis software

Typical Equipment

• computers
• data analysis software

Output Measurements

• rewiring occurrence
• interaction similarity

Papers Using This Protocol (4)

Species Studied With This Protocol

Places Where Used