Pollinator floral provisioning by a plant invader: quantifying beneficial effects of detrimental species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-198

  Russo, Laura ^a   Nichol, Christina ^a   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agroecosystem; biological invasions; Carduus acanthoides; ecosystem services; invasive species; plant pollinator interactions; pollinator diversity; resource provisioning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CIRSIUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84948843877     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12397     Document Type: Article

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