Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
We investigate the relationship between the nested organization of mutualistic systems and their robustness against the extinction of species. We establish that a nested pattern of contacts is the best possible one as far as robustness is concerned, but only when the least linked species have the gr...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/132485 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/132485 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | EXTINCTION MUTUALISTIC SYSTEM NESTEDNESS NETWORK PLANT-POLLINATOR ROBUSTNESS https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | We investigate the relationship between the nested organization of mutualistic systems and their robustness against the extinction of species. We establish that a nested pattern of contacts is the best possible one as far as robustness is concerned, but only when the least linked species have the greater probability of becoming extinct. We introduce a coefficient that provides a quantitative measure of the robustness of a mutualistic system. |
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