Economic Dependence of U.S. Industrial Sectors on Animal-Mediated Pollination Service

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 14441-14451

  Chopra, Shauhrat S ^a   Bakshi, Bhavik R ^b   Khanna, Vikas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CROPS; LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; ANIMAL SPECIES; HIGHER-ORDER; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INPUT-OUTPUT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; U.S. ECONOMIES;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROINDUSTRY; APICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; POLLINATION; REST; SPECIES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BEE; CROP; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLLINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84950121386     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03788     Document Type: Article

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