Scarcity of ecosystem services: An experimental manipulation of declining pollination rates and its economic consequences for agriculture

PeerJ

Volumn 2016, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Sandhu, Harpinder ^a   Waterhouse, Benjamin ^b   Boyer, Stephane ^b,c   Wratten, Steve ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brassica; Economic value; ES; Pollination rate; Pollination scarcity; Seed production

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; MARKET; NEW ZEALAND; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED YIELD;

EID: 84981275468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2099     Document Type: Article

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