Changes of a mutualistic network over time: Reanalysis over a 10-year period

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 793-801

  Díaz Castelazo, Cecilia ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^b,c,d   Jordano, Pedro ^c   Thompson, John N ^b   Marquis, Robert J ^e   Rico Gray, Victor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Camponotus planatus; Extrafloral nectary bearing plants; Generalist vs. specialist species; Mexico; Mutualistic networks; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENERALIST; MUTUALISM; NECTARY; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

CAMPONOTUS PLANATUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77950421828     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1883.1     Document Type: Article

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