Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases toward tropical latitudes

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1925-1931

  Schleuning, Matthias ^a   Fründ, Jochen ^b   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^c   Abrahamczyk, Stefan ^d,e   Alarcón, Ruben ^f   Albrecht, Matthias ^g,h   Andersson, Georg K S ⁱ   Bazarian, Simone ^j   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,k   Bommarco, Riccardo ^l   Dalsgaard, Bo ^m,n   Dehling, D Matthias ^a   Gotlieb, Ariella ^o   Hagen, Melanie ^p   Hickler, Thomas ^a,k   Holzschuh, Andrea ^q   Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^p   Kreft, Holger ^b   Morris, Rebecca J ^r   Sandel, Brody ^p   Sutherland, William J ^m   Svenning, Jens Christian ^p   Tscharntke, Teja ^b   Watts, Stella ^s   Weiner, Christiane N ^q   Werner, Michael ^q   Williams, Neal M ^t   Winqvist, Camilla ^l   Dormann, Carsten F ^u   Blüthgen, Nico ^q,v   more..

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^h AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Associação ProScience   (Brazil)

^k GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^o TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^p AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^v DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PLANT; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867849844     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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