Measuring specialization in species interaction networks

BMC Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Blüthgen, Nico ^a   Menzel, Florian ^a   Blüthgen, Nils ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BEES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748894852     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-6-9     Document Type: Article

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