What determines the temporal changes of species degree and strength in an oceanic island plant-disperser network?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  González Castro, Aarón ^a   Yang, Suann ^b,c   Nogales, Manuel ^a   Carlo, Tomás A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRUITING; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; ORGANISMS BY MUTUAL INTERACTION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRENGTH;

ISLANDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 84864245897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041385     Document Type: Article

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