The nested assembly of individual-resource networks

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 896-903

  Pires, M M ^a   Guimaraes P R ^b,c   Araujo M S ^d   Giaretta, A A ^e   Costa, J C L ^a   dos Reis, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Interindividual variation; Modularity; Nestedness; Optimal diet theory

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NESTEDNESS; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RANKING; RESOURCE USE; TOPOLOGY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; LIZARD; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAZIL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPOSSUMS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958063082     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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