Transience and constancy of interactions in a plant-frugivore network

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Suann ^a   Albert, Réka ^b   Carlo, Tomás A ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Frugivory; Mutualism; Network; Phenology; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901050610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00222.1     Document Type: Article

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