Determinants of the microstructure of plant-pollinator networks

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3314-3324

  Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^a,e   Vázquez, Diego P ^b,c   Stang, Martina ^d   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^e  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forbidden links; Indirect interactions; Inselbergs; Interaction neutrality; Mutualistic networks; Pollination webs; Relative abundance; Seychelles islands; Structural equation modeling; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

SEYCHELLES;

EID: 84920019012     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0024.1     Document Type: Article

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