A comparative study of ecological specialization estimators

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 537-544

  Poisot, Timothée ^a,b   Canard, Elsa ^a   Mouquet, Nicolas ^a   Hochberg, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipartite networks; Methodology; Sampling; Specialization; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867381488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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