Hedgerow restoration promotes pollinator populations and exports native bees to adjacent fields

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 829-839

  Morandin, Lora A ^a   Kremen, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Central Valley of California; Crop; Ecosystem services; Hedgerows; Intensive agricultural landscape; Native bees; Pollination; Restoration; Syrphid flies; USA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HEDGEROW; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 84878942629     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1051.1     Document Type: Article

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