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DOI	10.1111/ele.12411
	A conceptual framework for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions
	Vázquez D.P.; Ramos-Jiliberto R.; Urbani P.; Valdovinos F.S.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	1461-023X
EISSN	1461-0248
卷号	18 期号:4
英文摘要	The strength of species interactions influences strongly the structure and dynamics of ecological systems. Thus, quantifying such strength is crucial to understand how species interactions shape communities and ecosystems. Although the concepts and measurement of interaction strength in food webs have received much attention, there has been comparatively little progress in the context of mutualism. We propose a conceptual scheme for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions. We first review the interaction strength concepts developed for food webs, and explore how these concepts have been applied to mutualistic interactions. We then outline and explain a conceptual framework for defining ecological effects in plant-animal mutualisms. We give recommendations for measuring interaction strength from data collected in field studies based on a proposed approach for the assessment of interaction strength in plant-animal mutualisms. This approach is conceptually integrative and methodologically feasible, as it focuses on two key variables usually measured in field studies: the frequency of interactions and the fitness components influenced by the interactions. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS.
英文关键词	Ecological networks; Interaction strength; Long-term effects; Mutualism; Plant-animal interactions; Short-term effects
学科领域	animal community; conceptual framework; data interpretation; field survey; food web; long-term change; mutualism; plant community; Animalia; animal; biological model; ecology; food chain; plant; population dynamics; procedures; statistical model; symbiosis; Animals; Ecology; Food Chain; Logistic Models; Models, Biological; Plants; Population Dynamics; Symbiosis
语种	英语
scopus关键词	animal community; conceptual framework; data interpretation; field survey; food web; long-term change; mutualism; plant community; Animalia; animal; biological model; ecology; food chain; plant; population dynamics; procedures; statistical model; symbiosis; Animals; Ecology; Food Chain; Logistic Models; Models, Biological; Plants; Population Dynamics; Symbiosis
来源期刊	Ecology Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/118730
作者单位	Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET, Mendoza, CC 507, 5500, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Centro Universitario, Mendoza, M5502JMA, Argentina; Centro Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Fundación de la Universidad de Chile, Av. Larraín 9975, La Reina, Santiago, Chile; Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad, Los Alerces 3024, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, BSW 310, 1041 Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States; Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab, 1604 McGee Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Vázquez D.P.,Ramos-Jiliberto R.,Urbani P.,et al. A conceptual framework for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions[J],2015,18(4).
APA	Vázquez D.P.,Ramos-Jiliberto R.,Urbani P.,&Valdovinos F.S..(2015).A conceptual framework for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions.Ecology Letters,18(4).
MLA	Vázquez D.P.,et al."A conceptual framework for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions".Ecology Letters 18.4(2015).