Indices, graphs and null models: Analyzing bipartite ecological networks

Open Ecology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-24

  Dormann, Carsten F ^a   Fründ, Jochen ^b   Blüthgen, Nico ^c   Gruber, Bernd ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectance; Linkage density; Nestedness; Network; Pollination web; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549098123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874213000902010007     Document Type: Article

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