Daily temporal structure in African savanna flower visitation networks and consequences for network sampling

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 687-698

  Baldock, Katherine C R ^a,b   Memmott, Jane ^b   Carlos Ruiz Guajardo, Juan ^a   Roze, Denis ^a,c   Stone, Graham N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Competition; Ecological networks; Fcilitation; Kenya; Mutualism; Pollination; Savanna; Temporal structure; Visitation webs

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; BEE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FACILITATION; FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; TIME;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INSECTS; POLLINATION; TIME FACTORS;

KENYA;

APOIDEA;

EID: 79955531139     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1110.1     Document Type: Article

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