The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1816-1829

  Burkle, Laura ^a,b,c   Irwin, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; FOOD WEB; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 71049169587     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17740.x     Document Type: Article

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