Relative contribution of ecological and biological attributes in the fine-grain structure of ant-plant networks

Background Ecological communities of interacting species analyzed as complex networks have shown that species dependence on their counterparts is more complex than expected at random. As for other potentially mutualistic interactions, ant-plant networks mediated by extrafloral nectar show a nested (...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Cristian A. Martínez-Adriano, Wesley Dáttilo, Victor Rico-Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8314.pdf