Null model analyses of specialization in plant-pollinator interactions

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2493-2501

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a,c   Aizen, Marcelo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency of interaction; Generalization; Mutualism; Null models; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollination; Sampling bias; Specialization

Indexed keywords

POLLINATOR; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344585300     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0587     Document Type: Article

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