Effects of habitat isolation on pollinator communities and seed set

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 432-440

  Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging radius; Habitat fragmentation; Plant reproduction; Pollination; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; SEED SET;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0032712305     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050949     Document Type: Article

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