Tropical forest fragments enhance pollinator activity in nearby coffee crops

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1262-1271

  Ricketts, Taylor H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Coffee; Ecosystem services; Fragmentation; Landscape; Pollination

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATOR; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; RIPARIA;

EID: 5344278293     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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