Abundance and generalisation in mutualistic networks: Solving the chicken-and-egg dilemma

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-11

  Fort, Hugo ^a   Vázquez, Diego P ^b,c   Lan, Boon Leong ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Causality; Generalisation; Mutualistic networks; Plant animal interactions; Pollination; Seed dispersal; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; EGG; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; PLANT; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84955345981     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12535     Document Type: Article

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