Habitat loss and the structure of plant-animal mutualistic networks

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-286

  Fortuna, Miguel A ^a   Bascompte, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Complex networks; Habitat fragmentation; Metacommunity; Nestedness; Pollination; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT LOSS; MUTUALISM; PERSISTENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644960038     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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