Ecological specialization and susceptibility to disturbance: Conjectures and refutations

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 606-623

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a   Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric interactions; Cattle; Disturbance; Generalization; Grazing; Mutualism; Plant pollinator interactions; Specialization; Temperate forests of the southern Andes

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GENERALIST; GRAZING; NICHE BREADTH; SPECIALIST;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0036275253     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339991     Document Type: Article

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