Build-up mechanisms determining the topology of mutualistic networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-189

  Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Machado, Glauco ^c   de Aguiar, Marcus A M ^a   Jordano, Pedro ^b   Bascompte, Jordi ^b   Pinheiro, Aluísio ^d   dos Reis, Sérgio Furtado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Matematica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Forbidden links; Mutualisms; Plant animal interactions; Pollination; Seed dispersal; Small networks; Species richness

Indexed keywords

MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35448996556     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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