Integration of alien plants into a native flower-pollinator visitation web

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1508, 2002, Pages 2395-2399

  Memmott, Jane ^a   Waser, Nickolas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectance; Food web; Generalization; Introduced species; Pollination

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POLLINATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; INSECT; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037038980     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2174     Document Type: Article

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