Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 870-878

  Carvalheiro, Luísa Gigante ^a,b   Kunin, William E ^a   Keil, Petr ^c,d   Aguirre Gutiérrez, Jesus ^b   Ellis, Willem Nicolaas ^b,e   Fox, Richard ^f   Groom, Quentin ^g   Hennekens, Stephan ^h   Van Landuyt, Wouter ⁱ   Maes, Dirk ⁱ   Van de Meutter, Frank ^i,j   Michez, Denis ^k   Rasmont, Pierre ^k   Ode, Baudewijn ^l   Potts, Simon Geoffrey ^m   Reemer, Menno ^b   Roberts, Stuart Paul Masson ^m   Schaminée, Joop ⁿ   Wallisdevries, Michiel F ^h,o   Biesmeijer, Jacobus Christiaan ^a,b,p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e Mauritskade 61 1092 AD A   (Netherlands)

^f BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^g BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^l FLORON   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^o DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Accumulation curves; Biodiversity loss; Community ecology; Plant flower visitor communities; Pollination; Similarity; Spatial homogenisation; Species richness estimations; Temporal and spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84931748948     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12121     Document Type: Article

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