The resilience of pollination interactions: Importance of temporal phases

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 157-162

  Fantinato, Edy ^a   Del Vecchio, Silvia ^a   Gaetan, Carlo ^a   Buffa, Gabriella ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

asymmetry; complementarity; ecosystems; redundancy; resilience; species rich ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063142783     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rty005     Document Type: Article

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