The role of asymmetric interactions on the effect of habitat destruction in mutualistic networks.

Plant-pollinator mutualistic networks are asymmetric in their interactions: specialist plants are pollinated by generalist animals, while generalist plants are pollinated by a broad range involving specialists and generalists. It has been suggested that this asymmetric--or disassortative--assemblage...

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Main Authors: Guillermo Abramson, Claudia A Trejo Soto, Leonardo Oña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3115960?pdf=render