Natural land cover drives pollinator abundance and richness, leading to reductions in pollen limitation in cotton agroecosystems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 226, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-42

  Cusser, Sarah ^a   Neff, John L ^b   Jha, Shalene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Central Texas Melittological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Ecosystem services; Gossypium hirsutum L.; Landscape ecology; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROECOLOGY; COTTON; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRUIT SET; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATH ANALYSIS; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84965007424     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.04.020     Document Type: Article

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