Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-313

  Burgos, Enrique ^a,e   Ceva, Horacio ^a   Perazzo, Roberto P J ^b   Devoto, Mariano ^c   Medan, Diego ^c,e   Zimmermann, Martín ^c   María Delbue, Ana ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Extinction; Mutualistic system; Nestedness; Network; Plant pollinator; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PLANT; POLLINATOR;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GROUP PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35448967472     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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