Long-Term Global Trends in Crop Yield and Production Reveal No Current Pollination Shortage but Increasing Pollinator Dependency

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1572-1575

  Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Garibaldi, Lucas A ^a,b   Cunningham, Saul A ^c   Klein, Alexandra M ^d,e  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54149101994     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.066     Document Type: Article

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