Pollination service to urban agriculture in San Francisco, CA

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 885-893

  Potter, Andrew ^a   LeBuhn, Gretchen ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pollination services; Urban agriculture; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939654684     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0435-y     Document Type: Article

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