On nestedness analyses: Rethinking matrix temperature and anti-nestedness

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-722

  Almeida Neto, Mário ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Lewinsohn, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTEDNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34047181127     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15803.x     Document Type: Review

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