The city as a refuge for insect pollinators

Conservation Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 24-29

  Hall, Damon M ^a   Camilo, Gerardo R ^a   Tonietto, Rebecca K ^a   Ollerton, Jeff ^b   Ahrné, Karin ^c   Arduser, Mike ^d   Ascher, John S ^e   Baldock, Katherine C R ^f   Fowler, Robert ^g   Frankie, Gordon ^h   Goulson, Dave ^g   Gunnarsson, Bengt ⁱ   Hanley, Mick E ^j   Jackson, Janet I ^b   Langellotto, Gail ^k   Lowenstein, David ^k   Minor, Emily S ^l   Philpott, Stacy M ^m   Potts, Simon G ⁿ   Sirohi, Muzafar H ^b   Spevak, Edward M ^o   Stone, Graham N ^p   Threlfall, Caragh G ^q   more..

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^k OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^o SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

ciencia de la sustentabilidad; communication; comunicaci n; conservation planning; ecolog a urbana; ecosystem services; financiamiento y filantrop a; funding and philanthropy; gobernanza; governance; planeaci n de la conservaci n; politics and policy; pol ticas y leyes; servicios ambientales; sustainability science; urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATOR; REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT; MAMMAL; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTA; MAMMALS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85009159695     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12840     Document Type: Article

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