Apple Pollination: Demand Depends on Variety and Supply Depends on Pollinator Identity

M. P. D. Garratt; T. D. Breeze; V. Boreux; M. T. Fountain; M. McKerchar; S. M. Webber; D. J. Coston; N. Jenner; R. Dean; D. B. Westbury; J. C. Biesmeijer; S. G. Potts

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153889

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Apple Pollination: Demand Depends on Variety and Supply Depends on Pollinator Identity

M. P. D. Garratt ,

* E-mail: M.P.Garratt@reading.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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T. D. Breeze,

Affiliation Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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V. Boreux,

Affiliation Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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M. T. Fountain ,

Contributed equally to this work with: M. T. Fountain, M. McKerchar, S. M. Webber

Affiliation East Malling Research, East Malling, United Kingdom
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M. McKerchar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: M. T. Fountain, M. McKerchar, S. M. Webber

Affiliation Institute of Science & the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom
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S. M. Webber ,

Contributed equally to this work with: M. T. Fountain, M. McKerchar, S. M. Webber

Affiliation Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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D. J. Coston,

Affiliation Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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N. Jenner,

Affiliation Avalon Produce, Kent, United Kingdom
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R. Dean,

Affiliation Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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D. B. Westbury,

Affiliation Institute of Science & the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom
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J. C. Biesmeijer ,

¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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S. G. Potts

¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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Apple Pollination: Demand Depends on Variety and Supply Depends on Pollinator Identity

M. P. D. Garratt,
T. D. Breeze,
V. Boreux,
M. T. Fountain,
M. McKerchar,
S. M. Webber,
D. J. Coston,
N. Jenner,
R. Dean,
D. B. Westbury

Published: May 6, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153889

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