North American dipteran pollinators: Assessing their value and conservation status

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Kearns, Carol Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthophilous flies; Anthropogenic disturbance; Conservation; Diptera; Dipteran conservation; Generalist pollinators; North America; Pollination, pollinator declines, population fluctuation, redundant pollination systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249124986     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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