Total Species Turnover, Total Rewiring, and Traits
To calculate the total number of species turnover and rewiring connections for each species, we identified each changing connection in each seasonal network as being one of the following: (i) “rewiring”, where two species present in both seasons were linked in one season but not in the other; or (ii) “species turnover”, where one or both species were present only in a single season, and the connection existed only for a single season. All connections preserved across seasons were classified as “maintained”.
Using linear models, we examined the relationships between the total number of rewirings (i.e. sum of the connections classified as rewiring), and the total number of species turnover connections (i.e. sum of the connections classified as species turnover), with species traits, abundances, feeding preferences/trophic-level, and habitat preferences.