Long-term temporal variation in the organization of an ant-plant network

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1285-1293

  Díaz Castelazo, Cecilia ^a   Sánchez Galván, Ingrid R ^b   Guimarães, Paulo R ^c   Raimundo, Rafael L Galdini ^c   Rico Gray, Víctor ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction interactive network; long term variation; modularity; mutualism; nestedness; taxonomic structure

Indexed keywords

ANT; FIELDWORK; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MUTUALISM; NECTARIVORY; NECTARY; NESTEDNESS; NICHE OVERLAP; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RESOURCE USE; SEASONALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANT; ANT-PLANT INTERACTION INTERACTIVE NETWORK; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM VARIATION; MEXICO; MODULARITY; NECTAR; NESTEDNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE; TIME;

ANT-PLANT INTERACTION INTERACTIVE NETWORK; LONG-TERM VARIATION; MODULARITY; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; PLANT NECTAR; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

LA MANCHA [VERACRUZ]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

CAMPONOTUS PLANATUS; CREMATOGASTER BREVISPINOSA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84878314513     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct071     Document Type: Article

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