Pollination networks of oil-flowers: A tiny world within the smallest of all worlds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1096-1101

  Bezerra, Elisângela L S ^a   MacHado, Isabel C ^a   Mello, Marco A R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community structure; Melittophyly; Modules; Mutualism; Subwebs

Indexed keywords

BEE; CAATINGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NESTEDNESS; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MALPIGHIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; MALPIGHIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; CENTRIDINI; MALPIGHIACEAE;

EID: 68149114136     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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