Population dynamics of plant and pollinator communities: Stability reconsidered

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-168

  Benadi, Gita ^a   Blüthgen, Nico ^a   Hovestadt, Thomas ^a   Poethke, Hans Joachim ^a   Day, Troy ^b   Shaw, Ruth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Würzburg Am Hubland ^*

Author keywords

Community; Mutualism; Pollination; Specialization; Stability

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; MUTUALISM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84855366565     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663685     Document Type: Article

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