Ecological networks and their fragility

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7100, 2006, Pages 259-264

  Montoya, José M ^a,b   Pimm, Stuart L ^c   Solé, Ricard V ^b,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOLOGICAL NETWORK; HERBIVORY; METAPHOR; POLLINATION;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; HERBIVORY; PARASITISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PREDATION;

BIRD; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PARASITISM; POLLINATION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 33746327503     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04927     Document Type: Review

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