Degree distribution in plant-animal mutualistic networks: Forbidden links or random interactions?

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 421-426

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13444272086     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13619.x     Document Type: Article

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