Global Trends in the Status of Bird and Mammal Pollinators

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 397-403

  Regan, Eugenie C ^a   Santini, Luca ^b   Ingwall King, Lisa ^a   Hoffmann, Michael ^a,c   Rondinini, Carlo ^b   Symes, Andy ^d   Taylor, Joseph ^d   Butchart, Stuart H M ^d  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IUCN   (Switzerland)

^d BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Ecosystem service; Indicator; Mammals; Pollination; Pollinators; Red list

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944961181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12162     Document Type: Article

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