The strength of plant-pollinator interactions

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-725

  Vazquez, Diego P ^a,b   Lomascolo, Silvia B ^a,b   Belen Maldonado, M ^a,b   Chacoff, Natacha P ^a   Dorado, Jimena ^a   Stevani, Erica L ^a   Vitale, Nydia L ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Ecological networks; Interaction frequency; Interaction strength; Monte desert; Mutualism; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollination; Species impact

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; DESERT; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SKEWNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861386194     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1356.1     Document Type: Article

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