Do linear landscape elements in farmland act as biological corridors for pollen dispersal?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-187

  Van Geert, Anja ^a   Van Rossum, Fabienne ^a   Triest, Ludwig ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological corridor; Connectivity; Fluorescent dye; Habitat fragmentation; Insect pollination; Intensively used agricultural landscape; Landscape management; Plant density; Pollen flow; Population size

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; DYE; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; INSECT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POLLEN; POPULATION SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; PRIMULA VULGARIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 72249113449     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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