Bumblebee movement in a fragmented agricultural landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 145-154

  Saville, N M ^a   Dramstad, W E ^b,d   Fry, G L A ^b   Corbet, S A ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Farmland; Mark reobservation; Movement

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE; BUMBLEBEE; MOVEMENT;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030619427     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01100-0     Document Type: Article

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