Tolerance of pollination networks to species extinctions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1557, 2004, Pages 2605-2611

  Memmott, Jane ^a   Waser, Nickolas M ^b   Price, Mary V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Food webs; Generalization; Nestedness; Pollination; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTINCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLLINATION;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POLLEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 16644365084     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2909     Document Type: Article

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