Nestedness and τ-temperature in ecological networks

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-143

  Corso, Gilberto ^a   Britton, N F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bipartite interaction networks; Ecology of communities; Nestedness; NODF; Order disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864301299     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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