Effects of phenotypic complementarity and phylogeny on the nested structure of mutualistic networks

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1919-1929

  Rezende, Enrico L ^a   Jordano, Pedro ^a   Bascompte, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEMENTARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35248852842     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16029.x     Document Type: Article

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