The specialization continuum in pollination systems: diversity of concepts and implications for ecology, evolution and conservation

Functional Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 88-100

  Armbruster, William Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

community ecology; evolution; extinction; functional group specialization; interaction networks; pollination; specialization; speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOWER VISITING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85003441385     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12783     Document Type: Review

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