The architecture of mutualistic networks minimizes competition and increases biodiversity

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7241, 2009, Pages 1018-1020

  Bastolla, Ugo ^a   Fortuna, Miguel A ^b   Pascual García, Alberto ^a   Ferrera, Antonio ^c   Luque, Bartolo ^c   Bascompte, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY; COMPETITION; EMPIRICISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 65549106061     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07950     Document Type: Article

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