Losing just one pollinator species leads to big plant declines

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Jul 22, 2013 (Mongabay News:http://news.mongabay.com Delivered by Newstex) A shocking new study finds that losing just one pollinator species could lead to major declines in plant productivity, a finding that has broad implications for biodiversity conservation. Looking at ten bumblebee species in C

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Species (17)

Two-form Bumble Bee

Bumble Bees

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Barbey's Larkspur

Bombus

Bombus sylvicola

Bombus vagans

Apis mellifera

insects

aquatic insects

Aquatic Insect (general)

Dragonflies

Bombyliidae

Danaus plexippus