Services from plant-pollinator interactions in the Neotropics

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The Neotropics, with its large expanses of rainforests, forests and woodland savannas, includes some of the most diverse places on Earth (Kricher, 1999; Myers et al, 2000). A large proportion of plant and animal species in Neotropical communities are unique, including several pollinator species, which provide essential services to human welfare. In general, pollinators are known to enhance the sexual reproduction of the majority of angiosperms (Kearns et al, 1998) and can be important for the production of many crop species (McGregor, 1976; Klein et al, 2007; Aizen et al, 2009a). There is a wide array of arthropod and vertebrate pollinator species in the Neotropics, although we know little about their natural history and contribution to pollination (Kevan and Imperatriz-Fonseca, 2002; Freitas et al, 2009)
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelEcosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry : Measurement and Payment
HerausgeberBruno Rapidel, Fabrice DeClerck, Jean Francois Le Coq, John Beer
Anzahl der Seiten22
ErscheinungsortLondon
VerlagEarthscan Publications Ltd.
Erscheinungsdatum01.01.2012
Auflage1
Seiten119-140
ISBN (Print)9781849711470
ISBN (elektronisch)9781849775656
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.01.2012