Convergent structure of multitrophic communities over three continents

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1436-1445

  Segar, Simon T ^a,b   Pereira, Rodrigo A S ^c   Compton, Steve G ^d,e   Cook, James M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Evolution; Ficus; Phylogenetics; Wasp

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTION; INSECT; PHYLOGENY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HEXAPODA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FICUS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASP;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FICUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; WASPS;

EID: 84886723450     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12183     Document Type: Article

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