Edge effects on flower-visiting insects in grapefruit plantations bordering premontane subtropical forest

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-27

  Chacoff, Natacha P ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Africanized honeybees; Agroecosystems; Bees; Citrus; Ecosystem service; Pollinator diversity; Yungas

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33645101775     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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