Habitat conversion, extinction thresholds, and pollination services in agroecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1561-1573

  Keitt, Timothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Allee effect; Conservation; Difference equations; Ecosystem services; Habitat conversion; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape model; Mutualism; Pollination services

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALLEE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTINCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MUTUALISM; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; WILD POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

EID: 69449103198     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0117.1     Document Type: Article

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