Causes and Extent of Declines among Native North American Invertebrate Pollinators: Detection, Evidence, and Consequences

Causes and Extent of Declines among Native North American Invertebrate Pollinators: Detection, Evidence, and Consequences

Ecosystem health and agricultural wealth in North America depend on a particular invertebrate fauna to deliver pollination services. Extensive losses in pollinator guilds and communities can disrupt ecosystem integrity, a circumstance that today forces most farmers to rely on honey bees for much fru...

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Main Authors: James H. Cane, Vincent J. Tepedino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2001-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
Apiformes
Apoidea
Insecta
conservation
diversity
land-use change
native invertebrate pollinators
North America
pollination
pollinator declines
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss1/art1/

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