Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kleijn, David ^a   Winfree, Rachael ^b   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^c   Carvalheiro, Luísa G ^d,e   Henry, Mickaël ^f,g   Isaacs, Rufus ^h   Klein, Alexandra Maria ⁱ   Kremen, Claire ^j   M'Gonigle, Leithen K ^j   Rader, Romina ^k   Ricketts, Taylor H ^l   Williams, Neal M ^m   Lee Adamson, Nancy ⁿ   Ascher, John S ^o   Báldi, András ^p   Batáry, Péter ^q   Benjamin, Faye ^b   Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^e   Blitzer, Eleanor J ^r   Bommarco, Riccardo ^s   Brand, Mariëtte R ^t,u,v   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^w   Button, Lindsey ^x   Cariveau, Daniel P ^b   Chifflet, Rémy ^y   Colville, Jonathan F ^t   Danforth, Bryan N ^r   Elle, Elizabeth ^w   Garratt, Michael P D ^z   Herzog, Felix ^aa   Holzschuh, Andrea ^ab   Howlett, Brad G ^ac   Jauker, Frank ^ad   Jha, Shalene ^ae   Knop, Eva ^af   Krewenka, Kristin M ^q   Le Féon, Violette ^f   Mandelik, Yael ^ag   May, Emily A ^h   Park, Mia G ^r   Pisanty, Gideon ^ag   Reemer, Menno ^e   Riedinger, Verena ^ab   Rollin, Orianne ^f,g,ah   Rundlöf, Maj ^ai   Sardiñas, Hillary S ^j   Scheper, Jeroen ^a   Sciligo, Amber R ^j   Smith, Henrik G ^ai   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^ab   Thorp, Robbin ^m   Tscharntke, Teja ^q   Verhulst, Jort ⁿ   Viana, Blandina F ^aj   Vaissière, Bernard E ^f,g   Veldtman, Ruan ^t,u   Westphal, Catrin ^q   Potts, Simon G ^z   more..

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^g CEMAGREF   (France)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Entomology and Nematology University of California ^*  (Netherlands)

^o NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^p INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^q UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^r Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^s SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^t SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^u STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^v IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^w UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^x SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^y Plateforme Régionale D'Innovation Agriculture Biologique et Périurbaine Durable EPLEFPA du Lycée Nature   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^aa Agricultural Landscapes and Biodiversity Agroscope   (Switzerland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^ac THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^ad JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^ag HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^ah ITSAP Institut de L'abeille   (France)

^ai LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aj FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BEE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP PRODUCTION; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; POLLINATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; POLLINATION;

EID: 84935828711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8414     Document Type: Article

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