Biodiversity buffers pollination from changes in environmental conditions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 540-547

  Brittain, Claire ^a,b   Kremen, Claire ^c   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem services; Global change; Insurance; Orchard crop; Pollinators; Spatial complementarity; Wild bees; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; POLLEN;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84871929720     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12043     Document Type: Article

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