The structure of a plant-pollinator food web

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 276-280

  Memmott, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food web; Generalization; Pollination; Pollinators; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032869198     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00087.x     Document Type: Review

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