Valuing insect pollination services with cost of replacement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Allsopp, Mike H ^a   de Lange, Willem J ^b   Veldtman, Ruan ^c  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT GROWING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SOUTH AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRUIT; INSECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEXAPODA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 52649167878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003128     Document Type: Article

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