Topological keystone species complexes in ecological interaction networks

Community Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Benedek, Zsofia ^a   Jordan F ^b,c   Baldi A ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Indirect effects; Keystone species; Network analysis; Pollinators; Topology

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLLINATOR; SOFTWARE; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 34447555800     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.8.2007.1.1     Document Type: Article

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