Optimizing size thresholds in a plant-pollinator interaction web: Towards a mechanistic understanding of ecological networks

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-242

  Ibanez, Sébastien ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Model selection; Morphology; Mutualistic networks; Plant abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INSECT; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PLANT; POLLINATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INSECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84865596890     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2290-3     Document Type: Article

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