How to be a specialist? Quantifying specialisation in pollination networks

Network Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Dormann, Carsten F ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipartite network; Degree; Discrimination; Node specialisation index; Pollination service index; Pollinator; Strength; Two mode network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867358518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22208879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/issn-2220-8879-networkbiology-2011-v1-0001     Document Type: Article

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