Relative stability of core groups in pollination networks in a biodiversity hotspot over four years

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fang, Qiang ^a   Huang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHINA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT EVOLUTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC RANK; ECOSYSTEM; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POLLINATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863237606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032663     Document Type: Article

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