Native bees buffer the negative impact of climate warming on honey bee pollination of watermelon crops

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3103-3110

  Rader, Romina ^a   Reilly, James ^a   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^b   Winfree, Rachael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem service; Insurance; Resilience; Response diversity; Stability; Temperature; Wild bee

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CITRULLUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWER; INSURANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RESILIENCE; RESPONSE DIVERSITY; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WILD BEE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INSURANCE; RESILIENCE; RESPONSE DIVERSITY; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; WILD BEE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CITRULLUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FLOWERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLLINATION;

EID: 84883600854     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12264     Document Type: Article

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