Natural habitat loss and exotic plants reduce the functional diversity of flower visitors in a heterogeneous subtropical landscape

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1117-1126

  Grass, Ingo ^a   Berens, Dana G ^a   Farwig, Nina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem process; Global change; Plant invasion; Plant reproduction; Plant pollinator interactions; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908240199     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12285     Document Type: Article

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