Tropical forest fragmentation affects floral visitors but not the structure of individual-based palm-pollinator networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Dáttilo, Wesley ^a   Aguirre, Armando ^b   Quesada, Mauricio ^c,d   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE PLANT; FLOWER; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MALE PLANT; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ARECACEAE; ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INSECTS; POLLINATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84926443292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121275     Document Type: Article

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