Asymmetric specialization: A pervasive feature of plant-pollinator interactions

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1251-1257

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asymmetric specialization; Generalization; Network organization; Null models; Plant pollinator interactions

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3943077528     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3112     Document Type: Article

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