Beyond species loss: The extinction of ecological interactions in a changing world

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-307

  Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^b   Alcántara, Julio M ^c   Arroyo, Juan ^d   Cocucci, Andrea ^e   Galetti, Mauro ^f   García, María B ^g   García, Daniel ^h   Gómez, José M ^i,j   Jordano, Pedro ^k   Medel, Rodrigo ^l   Navarro, Luis ^m   Obeso, José R ^h   Oviedo, Ramona ⁿ   Ramírez, Nelson ^o   Rey, Pedro J ^c   Traveset, Anna ^p   Verdú, Miguel ^q   Zamora, Regino ^j  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

ⁱ DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^k DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

ⁿ Carretera Varona 11835 e Oriente y Lindero   (Cuba)

^o FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^p INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^q CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Co evolution; Diversity; Extinction debt of ecological interactions; Global change drivers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

EID: 84925014123     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12356     Document Type: Article

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