Plant-pollinator coextinctions and the loss of plant functional and phylogenetic diversity.

Plant-pollinator coextinctions are likely to become more frequent as habitat alteration and climate change continue to threaten pollinators. The consequences of the resulting collapse of plant communities will depend partly on how quickly plant functional and phylogenetic diversity decline following...

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Main Authors: Marcos Costa Vieira, Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso, Mário Almeida-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3843674?pdf=render