Contrasting effects of invasive plants in plant-pollinator networks

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 761-770

  Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^b   Santamaría, Luís ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpobrotus affine acinaciformis; Ecological networks; Generalization; Interaction strength; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AIZOACEAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; OPUNTIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

AIZOACEAE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; OPUNTIA; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

CARPOBROTUS; CARPOBROTUS AFFINE; HEXAPODA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA;

EID: 41149107399     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0946-1     Document Type: Article

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