Influence of habitat complexity and landscape configuration on pollination and seed-dispersal interactions of wild cherry trees

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 425-437

  Breitbach, Nils ^a,b   Tillmann, Svenja ^a,c   Schleuning, Matthias ^b   Grünewald, Claudia ^a,b   Laube, Irina ^a,b   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^d   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^b,e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Land use change; Mutualism; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MUTUALISM; SEED DISPERSAL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRUNUS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRUNUS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 84856002152     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2090-1     Document Type: Article

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