Global growth and stability of agricultural yield decrease with pollinator dependence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5909-5914

  Garibaldi, Lucas A ^a,b   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Klein, Alexandra M ^c   Cunningham, Saul A ^d   Harder, Lawrence D ^e  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diminishing returns; Environmental degradation; Food security; Global pollination crisis; Land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TILLAGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955003753     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012431108     Document Type: Article

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