Effects of habitat fragmentation on pollinator diversity and plant reproductive success in renosterveld shrublands of South Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1267-1276

  Donaldson, John ^a   Nänni, Ingrid ^a   Zachariades, Costas ^b   Kemper, Jessica ^b  

^a NBI   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PTERYGODIUM CATHOLICUM; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036794196     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.99515.x     Document Type: Article

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