Essays about: "diversity-productivity"

Found 1 essay containing the word diversity-productivity.

  1. 1. Importance of bumble bee community evenness for crop pollination : a simulation analysis of Swedish red clover seed production

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Vivek Babu; [2018]
    Keywords : bumble bee; Bombus; community; evenness; biodiversity-ecosystem function; diversity-stability; diversity-productivity; overyielding; productivity; stability; biodiversity; selection effect; species asynchrony; portfolio effect;

    Abstract : The red clover seed production systems are dependent on pollinators for increase in red clover seed yield and its stability. When compared to domesticated honey bees, the wild bumble bees are highly efficient in pollinating the red clover crop due to its relatively longer tongue length. Longer dependence on single pollinator species i.e. READ MORE