Scarcity of ecosystem services: an experimental manipulation of declining pollination rates and its economic consequences for agriculture
Ecosystem services (ES) such as pollination are vital for the continuous supply of food to a growing human population, but the decline in populations of insect pollinators worldwide poses a threat to food and nutritional security. Using a pollinator (honeybee) exclusion approach, we evaluated the im...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-07-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2099.pdf |