Functional Diversity of Plant–Pollinator Interaction Webs Enhances the Persistence of Plant Communities

Colin Fontaine; Isabelle Dajoz; Jacques Meriguet; Michel Loreau

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040001

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Functional Diversity of Plant–Pollinator Interaction Webs Enhances the Persistence of Plant Communities

Colin Fontaine ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: colin.fontaine@biologie.ens.fr

Affiliations UMR 7618: Biogéochimie et Ecologie des Milieux Continentaux (BIOEMCO), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, UMR 7625: Fonctionnement et Évolution des Systèmes Écologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Isabelle Dajoz,

Affiliations UMR 7618: Biogéochimie et Ecologie des Milieux Continentaux (BIOEMCO), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, UMR 7625: Fonctionnement et Évolution des Systèmes Écologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Jacques Meriguet,

Affiliations UMR 7618: Biogéochimie et Ecologie des Milieux Continentaux (BIOEMCO), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, UMR 7625: Fonctionnement et Évolution des Systèmes Écologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Michel Loreau

Affiliations UMR 7625: Fonctionnement et Évolution des Systèmes Écologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Functional Diversity of Plant–Pollinator Interaction Webs Enhances the Persistence of Plant Communities

Colin Fontaine,
Isabelle Dajoz,
Jacques Meriguet,
Michel Loreau

Published: December 13, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040001

About the Authors

Colin Fontaine

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: colin.fontaine@biologie.ens.fr

Affiliations UMR 7618: Biogéochimie et Ecologie des Milieux Continentaux (BIOEMCO), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, UMR 7625: Fonctionnement et Évolution des Systèmes Écologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Isabelle Dajoz

Jacques Meriguet

Michel Loreau

Affiliations UMR 7625: Fonctionnement et Évolution des Systèmes Écologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CF and ID designed the experiment. CF, ID, and JM performed the experiment. CF analysed the data. CF, ID, and ML conceived the work and wrote the paper.

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