Ecosystem restoration strengthens pollination network resilience and function

Nature

Volumn 542, Issue 7640, 2017, Pages 223-227

  Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^a   Mougal, James ^b   Whittington, Andrew E ^c   Valentin, Terence ^b   Gabriel, Ronny ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^d   Blüthgen, Nico ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Seychelles National Parks Authority   (Seychelles)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EXOTIC SPECIES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOWER; FRUIT SET; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEYCHELLES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FLOWERS; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 85012305784     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21071     Document Type: Article

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