The utility of fundamental ecological research of plant-pollinator interactions as the basis for landscape management practices

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 561, Issue , 2001, Pages 141-152

  Potts, Simon G ^a,b   Willmer, Pat ^a   Dafni, Amots ^b   Ne'eman, Gidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fire; Floral resource partitioning; Fragmentation; Habitat disturbance; Landscape management; Pollination effectiveness; Pollinator diversity

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038565714     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2001.561.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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