Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1120-1127

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a   Melián, Carlos J ^b   Williams, Neal M ^c   Blüthgen, Nico ^d   Krasnov, Boris R ^e,f   Poulin, Robert ^g  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASYMMETRY; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 34250761380     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15828.x     Document Type: Article

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