The contribution of non-managed social bees to coffee production: New economic insights based on farm-scale yield data

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Veddeler, Dorthe ^a,b   Olschewski, Roland ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica; Ecosystem service; Farm wide yield; Honey bee; Pollination; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; BEE; COFFEE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COFFEA ARABICA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 42549166591     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9120-y     Document Type: Article

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