Native pollinators in anthropogenic habitats

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Winfree, Rachael ^a   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a   Cariveau, Daniel P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Bee; Bird; Butterfly; Disturbance; Fly; Land use change; Moth; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HERBIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

EID: 78650905926     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145042     Document Type: Article

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