Early mass-flowering crops mitigate pollinator dilution in late-flowering crops

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 425-435

  Riedinger, Verena ^a   Renner, Marion ^a   Rundlöf, Maj ^b   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Holzschuh, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bombus; Germany; Oil seed rape; Spillover; Sunflower; Syrphids

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWERING; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; MOVEMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84897634027     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9973-y     Document Type: Article

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