Interaction Intimacy Affects Structure and Coevolutionary Dynamics in Mutualistic Networks Report
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Paulo R. Guimaraes, Jr.,''* Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, Thiago J. Izzo, Sergio F. dos Reis, and John N. Thompson 1lnstituto de Fisica "Gleb Wataghin" Universidade Estadual de Campinas 6165 Campinas-Sao Paulo 13083-970 Brazil lntegrative Ecology Group Estacion Biologica de Donana Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Apartado1056 E-41080 Sevilla Spain Departamento de Ecologfa Aplicada Institute de Ecologia AC Apartado 63 Xalapa Veracruz 91070 Mexico Departamento de Zoologia and Departamento de Parasitologia Institute de Biologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas 6109 Campinas-Sao Paulo 13083-970 Brazil ^Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia 478 Manaus-Amazonas 69011-970 Brazil ^Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Santa Cruz, California 95064
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