The economic impacts of pollinator declines: An approach to assessing the consequences

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Kevan, Peter G ^a   Phillips, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Economics; Food prices; Pollinator abundance; Pollinator availability; Pollinator deficit; Pollinator diversity; Pollinator force; Trade; World food supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249100745     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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