Plant–pollinator interactions and threats to pollination: perspectives from the flower to the landscape

Functional Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-25

  Nicolson, Susan W ^a   Wright, Geraldine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008873385     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12810     Document Type: Editorial

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