Advances in Ecology
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 379267, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/379267
Review Article
Microevolutionary Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Plant-Animal Interactions
Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, 7800024 Santiago, Chile
Received 26 May 2014; Revised 4 August 2014; Accepted 8 August 2014; Published 25 August 2014
Academic Editor: Tomasz S. Osiejuk
Copyright © 2014 Francisco E. Fontúrbel and Maureen M. Murúa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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