The nested assembly of plant facilitation networks prevents species extinctions

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-760

  Verdú, Miguel ^a   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Complex networks; Facilitation; Nestedness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; FACILITATION; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PRESERVATION;

EID: 56649086768     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593003     Document Type: Article

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