Non-random coextinctions in phylogenetically structured mutualistic networks

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7156, 2007, Pages 925-928

  Rezende, Enrico L ^a   Lavabre, Jessica E ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Jordano, Pedro ^a   Bascompte, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BIODIVERSITY; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548163583     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05956     Document Type: Article

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