Invariant properties in coevolutionary networks of plant-animal interactions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-81

  Jordano, Pedro ^a   Bascompte, Jordi ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coevolution; Ecological networks; Food web structure; Pollination; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; MUTUALISM; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037266152     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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