Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1436-1444

  Garibaldi, Lucas A ^a   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^c   Klein, Alexandra M ^d   Cunningham, Saul A ^e   Aizen, Marcelo A ^f   Boreux, Virginie ^d   Garratt, Michael P D ^g   Carvalheiro, Luísa G ^h,i,j   Kremen, Claire ^k   Morales, Carolina L ^f   Schüepp, Christof ^l,m   Chacoff, Natacha P ⁿ   Freitas, Breno M ^o   Gagic, Vesna ^c   Holzschuh, Andrea ^p,q   Klatt, Björn K ^q,r   Krewenka, Kristin M ^q,s   Krishnan, Smitha ^t   Mayfield, Margaret M ^u   Motzke, Iris ^d,q   Otieno, Mark ^v   Petersen, Jessica ^w   Potts, Simon G ^g   Ricketts, Taylor H ^x   Rundlöf, Maj ^r   Sciligo, Amber ^k   Sinu, Palatty Allesh ^y   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^p   Taki, Hisatomo ^z   Tscharntke, Teja ^q   Vergara, Carlos H ^aa   Viana, Blandina F ^ab   Woyciechowski, Michal ^ac   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^m France   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^o FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^r LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^s UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^t ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^v University of Embu   (Kenya)

^w School of Integrative Plant Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^y CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^z FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^aa UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^ab FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^ac JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Body size; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem services; Mouthpart length; Nectar accessibility; Pollination; Trait evenness; Trait richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BODY SIZE; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84952636470     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12530     Document Type: Review

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