Functional Roles of Centridini Oil Bees and Malpighiaceae Oil Flowers in Biome-wide Pollination Networks

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Mello, Marco A R ^a   Bezerra, Elisângela L S ^b   Machado, Isabel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Centrality; Community structure; Complex networks; Eltonian niche; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOME; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLLINATION; SPECIALIZATION;

BRAZIL;

APOIDEA; BANISTERIOPSIS; BYRSONIMA; CENTRIDINI; CENTRIS; EPICHARIS; MALPIGHIACEAE;

EID: 84871925075     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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