The stability and persistence of mutualisms embedded in community interactions

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-297

  Ringel, Michael S ^a,b   Hu, Helen H ^a   Anderson, Garrett ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES;

EID: 0030474845     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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