Insects as providers of ecosystem services: Crop pollination and pest control

Insect Conservation Biology: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 23rd Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 349-382

  Kremen, Claire ^a   Chaplin Kramer, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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