Farming with alternative pollinators (FAP)-An overlooked win-win-strategy for climate change adaptation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-164

  Christmann, Stefanie ^a   Aw Hassan, Aden A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b ICARDA   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Low cost measure; Nesting support; Optimizing crop pollination; Option value; Technology package; Three season forage buffet

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ELEVATION; FARMING SYSTEM; HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NESTING; OPTIMIZATION; POLLINATOR; WILD POPULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84865819303     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.07.030     Document Type: Article

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