Rewiring: The emerging cornerstone to maintaining species interactions across space and time?

As species leave or enter communities, either temporarily or permanently, rewiring allows interactions among species to continue, potentially providing ecosystem functions and services. To understand complex networks of species interactions across space and time, we need to understand rewiring, often defined as “interaction turnover” or “the reorganization of interactions among species.” Is rewiring just another term for adaptive foraging? Which types of species are capable of rewiring and interaction flexibility? Under what conditions does rewiring occur? What are the consequences of rewiring for the outcome of the interaction? Determining the value of rewiring requires a closer look at partner quality.