Global versus local extinction in a network model of plant-pollinator communities

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-503

  LaBar, Thomas ^a   Campbell, Colin ^a   Yang, Suann ^b   Albert, Réka ^a   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinctions; Mutualisms; Network theory; Pollination; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MUTUALISM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84886796185     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-013-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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