Economic and ecological implications of geographic bias in pollinator ecology in the light of pollinator declines

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 401-407

  Archer, C R ^a   Pirk, C W W ^a   Carvalheiro, L G ^b,c   Nicolson, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; META-ANALYSIS; POLLINATOR; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; GERMANY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84897465389     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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