Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator effectiveness: Do unmanaged insects provide consistent pollination services to mass flowering crops?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-134

  Rader, Romina ^a,b   Howlett, Bradley G ^b   Cunningham, Saul A ^c   Westcott, David A ^a,c   Edwards, Will ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brassica; Diptera; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Efficiency; Honeybee; Native; Pollen; Stability; Wild

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; HONEYBEE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855966001     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02066.x     Document Type: Article

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