Wild bee pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land-use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 793-802

  Winfree, Rachael ^a,e   Williams, Neal M ^b   Gaines, Hannah ^c   Ascher, John S ^d   Kremen, Claire ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Biodiversity ecosystem function; Crop pollination; Ecosystem services; Forest fragmentation; Landscape mosaic; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HONEYBEE; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETABLE;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 34848866430     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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