Understanding Linkage Rules in Plant-Pollinator Networks by Using Hierarchical Models That Incorporate Pollinator Detectability and Plant Traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connectance; hierarchical models; Linkage density; Nestedness; occupancy models; pollination web; specialization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOWER; MODEL; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

CONNECTANCE; HIERARCHICAL MODELS; LINKAGE DENSITY; NESTEDNESS; OCCUPANCY MODELS; POLLINATION WEB; SPECIALIZATION;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879709263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069200     Document Type: Article

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