Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant–pollinator networks

Ecology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 385-394

  CaraDonna, Paul J ^a,b,c,d   Petry, William K ^a,e,f   Brennan, Ross M ^a,g   Cunningham, James L ^a,b   Bronstein, Judith L ^b   Waser, Nickolas M ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^a,c,h  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive foraging; beta diversity; community composition; food webs; interaction turnover; mutualism; networks; null models; optimal foraging theory; phenology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; BIRD; COLORADO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLORADO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; POLLINATION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85013276848     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12740     Document Type: Letter

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