Downscaling pollen-transport networks to the level of individuals

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 306-317

  Tur, Cristina ^a   Vigalondo, Beatriz ^a   Trøjelsgaard, Kristian ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^b   Traveset, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecology of individuals; Foraging behaviour; Generalization; Individual specialization; Individual based networks; Linkage level; Niche overlap; Pollen load analysis; Resource partition; Species based networks

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER VISITING; INSECT; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY OF INDIVIDUALS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GENERALIZATION; INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIZATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED NETWORKS; INSECT; LINKAGE LEVEL; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLEN; POLLEN LOAD ANALYSIS; POLLINATION; RESOURCE PARTITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES-BASED NETWORKS;

ECOLOGY OF INDIVIDUALS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GENERALIZATION; INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIZATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED NETWORKS; LINKAGE LEVEL; NICHE OVERLAP; POLLEN LOAD ANALYSIS; RESOURCE PARTITION; SPECIES-BASED NETWORKS;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890805054     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12130     Document Type: Article

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