Persistence of flower visitors and pollination services of a generalist tree in modified forests

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-382

  Neuschulz, Eike L ^a   Grass, Ingo ^a   Botzat, Alexandra ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^b   Farwig, Nina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Celtis africana; Ecosystem functioning; Land use change; Plant animal interaction

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENTOMOPHILY; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; GENERALIST; LAND USE CHANGE; PERSISTENCE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; CELTIS AFRICANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84877927383     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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