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.