Local habitat characteristics but not landscape urbanization drive pollinator visitation and native plant pollination in forest remnants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 160, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-18

  Williams, Neal M ^a   Winfree, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Habitat loss; Land transformation; Pollen limitation; Urbanization; Woodland

Indexed keywords

BEE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; POLLEN LIMITATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WOODLAND;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; CLAYTONIA VIRGINICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLEMONIUM REPTANS;

EID: 84873498253     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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