Expansion of mass-flowering crops leads to transient pollinator dilution and reduced wild plant pollination

Agricultural land use results in direct biodiversity decline through loss of natural habitat, but may also cause indirect cross-habitat effects on conservation areas. We conducted three landscape-scale field studies on 67 sites to test the hypothesis that mass flowering of oilseed rape (Brassica nap...

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Main Authors: Holzschuh, Andrea, Dormann, Carsten F., Tscharntke, Teja, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177631/