Reconstruction of historical pollination rates reveals linked declines of pollinators and plants

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-349

  Pauw, Anton ^a   Hawkins, Julie A ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; HERBARIUM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PERSISTENCE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SERIES;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

APOIDEA; CORYCIINAE; MELITTIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERYGODIUM CATHOLICUM; REDIVIVA;

EID: 79951762726     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19039.x     Document Type: Article

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