Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands

JC Biesmeijer, SPM Roberts, M Reemer, R Ohlemüller, M Edwards, T Peeters, AP Schaffers, SG Potts, R Kleukers, CD Thomas, J Settele, WE Kunin. (including ALARM partners LEEDS, READING, YORK and UFZ)

Science 21 July 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5785, pp. 351 - 354

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Information belonging to the paper in Science of 21st July 2006 by J.C. Biesmeijer et al. titled Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands.

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