Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4498791 | Journal of Theoretical Biology | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
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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Authors
Enrique Burgos, Horacio Ceva, Roberto P.J. Perazzo, Mariano Devoto, Diego Medan, Martín Zimmermann, Ana María Delbue,