Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain

Nature

Volumn 530, Issue 7588, 2016, Pages 85-88

  Baude, Mathilde ^a,e   Kunin, William E ^b   Boatman, Nigel D ^c   Conyers, Simon ^c   Davies, Nancy ^a   Gillespie, Mark A K ^b,f   Morton, R Daniel ^d   Smart, Simon M ^d   Memmott, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARABLE LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLORA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL RECORD; INSECT; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWER; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; INSECT; LANDSCAPE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDICAGO; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

HEXAPODA;

NECTAR;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FLOWERS; GRASSLAND; INSECTS; MEDICAGO; PLANT NECTAR; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84956888515     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16532     Document Type: Article

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