Contrasting Partners' Traits of Generalized and Specialized Species in Flower-Visitation Networks.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150824

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Contrasting Partners' Traits of Generalized and Specialized Species in Flower-Visitation Networks.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2016

Castro-Urgal Rocío, Traveset Anna

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Much ecological research has focused on trying to understand why species are generalized or specialized in their interactions and how networks develop in a certain environment. It is now well known that traits such as phenology and abundance of a species are important determinants of its generalization level (i.e., number of different interactions or links to other species). Less information is available,...

Topics

Animals
Ecosystem
Flowers
Insecta
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Pollination
Reproduction
Seasons
Species Specificity
Symbiosis

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PMID: 26938084
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150824
PMCID: PMC4777429

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