The use of pollination networks in conservation

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 525-534

  Elle, Elizabeth ^a   Elwell, Sherri L ^a   Gielens, Grahame A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Climate change; Invasive species; Mutualistic networks; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollinator conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT LOSS; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863211716     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B11-111     Document Type: Review

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