Asymmetries in specialization in ant-plant mutualistic networks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1597, 2006, Pages 2041-2047

  Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Rico Gray, Victor ^c   Furtado Dos Reis, Sérgio ^a   Thompson, John N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric specialization; Complex networks; Extrafloral nectaries; Geographic mosaic; Nestedness

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUGIVORY; MEXICO; NECTAR; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PLANT; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIOSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33747081364     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3548     Document Type: Article

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