Trait-mediated interaction leads to structural emergence in mutualistic networks

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-121

  Minoarivelo, H O ^a   Hui, C ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Connectance; Modularity; Nestedness; Network architecture; Network specialization; Trait complementarity

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPLEMENTARITY; CONNECTIVITY; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIALIZATION; TOLERANCE;

EID: 84955656489     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9798-z     Document Type: Article

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