The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-17

  Allen Wardell, Gordon ^a   Bernhardt, Peter ^b   Bitner, Ron ^c   Burquez, Alberto ^d   Buchmann, Stephen ^e   Cane, James ^f   Cox, Paul Allen ^g   Dalton, Virginia ^h   Feinsinger, Peter ⁱ   Ingram, Mrill ^j   Inouye, David ^k   Jones, C Eugene ^l   Kennedy, Kathryn ^m   Kevan, Peter ⁿ   Koopowitz, Harold ^o   Medellin, Rodrigo ^d   Medellin Morales, Sergio ^p   Nabhan, Gary Paul ^j  

^a BeeMaster Inc   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Pollination Systems   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^h Pima County Community College   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p Terra Nostra   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POLLINATOR; POLLINATORS; POPULATION DECLINE;

CANADA; MEXICO; USA;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031966886     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97154.x     Document Type: Article

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