From research to action: Enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 439-447

  Garibaldi, Lucas A ^a   Carvalheiro, Luísa G ^b,c   Leonhardt, Sara D ^d   Aizen, Marcelo A ^e   Blaauw, Brett R ^f   Isaacs, Rufus ^f   Kuhlmann, Michael ^g   Kleijn, David ^h   Klein, Alexandra M ⁱ   Kremen, Claire ^j   Morandin, Lora ^j   Scheper, Jeroen ^h   Winfree, Rachael ^k  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; INSECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLINATOR; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84907527254     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/130330     Document Type: Review

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