High generalization in flower-visiting networks of social wasps

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Mello, Marco A R ^a   Santos, Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça ^b   Mechi, Maria Rita ^c   Hermes, Marcel G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community structure; Complex networks; Hymenoptera; Modularity; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOREGION; FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; NECTARIVORY; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASP;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 78650773586     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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