Cheaters in mutualism networks

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-497

  Genini, Julieta ^a,c   Morellato, L Patrícia C ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cheaters; Modularity; Nestedness; Network topology; Pollination

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; TOPOLOGY;

BIGNONIACEAE; MALPIGHIACEAE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; BIGNONIACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; MALPIGHIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIGNONIACEAE; BRAZIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; MALPIGHIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77956370665     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1021     Document Type: Article

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