Network size, structure and mutualism dependence affect the propensity for plant–pollinator extinction cascades

Functional Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1285-1293

  Vanbergen, Adam J ^a   Woodcock, Ben A ^a   Heard, Matthew S ^a   Chapman, Daniel S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental disturbance; extinction cascade; mutualism; network structure; pollinator; stability; Stochastic Co extinction Model; z score

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; STOCHASTICITY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 85011656471     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12823     Document Type: Article

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