An interaction switch predicts the nested architecture of mutualistic networks

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 797-803

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Hui, Cang ^a   Terblanche, John S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adaptive behaviour; Antagonistic network; Dynamic network; Functional response; Morphological trait; Nestedness; Network size; Pollination; Seed disperser

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NESTEDNESS; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960417418     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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