Crop Pollination Services From Wild Bees

Bee Pollination in Agricultural Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kremen, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Bee abundance; Bee diversity; Habitat loss; Pollination services; Unmanaged bees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195316957.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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