Why do pollination generalist and specialist plant species show similar reproductive susceptibility to habitat fragmentation?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-719

  Ashworth, Lorena ^a,c   Aguilar, Ramiro ^a   Galetto, Leonardo ^a   Aizen, Marcelo Adrián ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asymmetric interactions; Extinction risk; Habitat fragmentation; Mutualism disruption; Niche breadth; Plant reproductive success; Plant animal mutualism; Pollination specialization; Reproductive susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MUTUALISM; NICHE BREADTH; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3943101469     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00910.x     Document Type: Review

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