Effects of climate on pollination networks in the West Indies

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-506

  González, Ana M Martn ^a,b   Dalsgaard, Bo ^b   Ollerton, Jeff ^c   Timmermann, Allan ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^b   Andersen, Laila ^b   Tossas, Adrianne G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bees; Betweenness centrality; Birds; Diptera; Functional groups; Insects; Mutualisms; Plantanimal interactions; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RAINFALL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; GREATER ANTILLES; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

APOIDEA; AVES; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 69749123540     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990034     Document Type: Article

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