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spelling paper:paper_00225193_v249_n2_p307_Burgos2023-06-08T14:51:23Z Why nestedness in mutualistic networks? Burgos, Enrique Miguel Ceva, Horacio Perazzo, Roberto Pedro José Zimmermann, Martín G. Extinction Mutualistic system Nestedness Network Plant-pollinator Robustness extinction mutualism nestedness plant pollinator article ecology mathematical analysis measurement nonhuman plant pollination priority journal probability quantitative analysis species extinction Animals Cooperative Behavior Ecosystem Extinction, Biological Group Processes Models, Biological Species Specificity 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. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Fil:Burgos, E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Ceva, H. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Perazzo, R.P.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Zimmermann, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2007 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00225193_v249_n2_p307_Burgos http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00225193_v249_n2_p307_Burgos
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topic Extinction
Mutualistic system
Nestedness
Network
Plant-pollinator
Robustness
extinction
mutualism
nestedness
plant
pollinator
article
ecology
mathematical analysis
measurement
nonhuman
plant
pollination
priority journal
probability
quantitative analysis
species extinction
Animals
Cooperative Behavior
Ecosystem
Extinction, Biological
Group Processes
Models, Biological
Species Specificity
spellingShingle Extinction
Mutualistic system
Nestedness
Network
Plant-pollinator
Robustness
extinction
mutualism
nestedness
plant
pollinator
article
ecology
mathematical analysis
measurement
nonhuman
plant
pollination
priority journal
probability
quantitative analysis
species extinction
Animals
Cooperative Behavior
Ecosystem
Extinction, Biological
Group Processes
Models, Biological
Species Specificity
Burgos, Enrique Miguel
Ceva, Horacio
Perazzo, Roberto Pedro José
Zimmermann, Martín G.
Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
topic_facet Extinction
Mutualistic system
Nestedness
Network
Plant-pollinator
Robustness
extinction
mutualism
nestedness
plant
pollinator
article
ecology
mathematical analysis
measurement
nonhuman
plant
pollination
priority journal
probability
quantitative analysis
species extinction
Animals
Cooperative Behavior
Ecosystem
Extinction, Biological
Group Processes
Models, Biological
Species Specificity
description 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. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
author Burgos, Enrique Miguel
Ceva, Horacio
Perazzo, Roberto Pedro José
Zimmermann, Martín G.
author_facet Burgos, Enrique Miguel
Ceva, Horacio
Perazzo, Roberto Pedro José
Zimmermann, Martín G.
author_sort Burgos, Enrique Miguel
title Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
title_short Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
title_full Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
title_fullStr Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
title_full_unstemmed Why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
title_sort why nestedness in mutualistic networks?
publishDate 2007
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00225193_v249_n2_p307_Burgos
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00225193_v249_n2_p307_Burgos
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