Below-ground plant-fungus network topology is not congruent with above-ground plant-animal network topology

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Toju, Hirokazu ^a   Guimarães, Paulo R ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^c   Thompson, John N ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DNA SEQUENCES; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; SEED; TOPOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERACTION NETWORKS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LINKAGE PATTERNS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85040760710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500291     Document Type: Article

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