Landscape Simplification Constrains Adult Size in a Native Ground-Nesting Bee.

Bees provide critical pollination services to 87% of angiosperm plants; however, the reliability of these services may become threatened as bee populations decline. Agricultural intensification, resulting in the simplification of environments at the landscape scale, greatly changes the quality and q...

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Main Authors: Miles Renauld, Alena Hutchinson, Gregory Loeb, Katja Poveda, Heather Connelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4778946?pdf=render