Landscape effects on crop pollination services: Are there general patterns?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-515

  Ricketts, Taylor H ^a   Regetz, James ^b   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^c   Cunningham, Saul A ^d   Kremen, Claire ^e   Bogdanski, Anne ^f   Gemmill Herren, Barbara ^g   Greenleaf, Sarah S ^h   Klein, Alexandra M ^e,i   Mayfield, Margaret M ^j   Morandin, Lora A ^k   Ochieng', Alfred ^l   Viana, Blande F ^m  

^a WWF ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^g FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^h CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Bees; Ecosystem services; Habitat fragmentation; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Land use; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SEEDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA;

EID: 41849135030     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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