Bumblebees at an alpine site in northern Sweden: Temporal development, population size, and plant utilization

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-316

  Stenström, Mikael ^a   Bergman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING; PLANT USE; POPULATION SIZE;

SWEDEN;

APIDAE; ASTRAGALUS ALPINUS; ASTRALAGUS ALPINUS; BARTSIA ALPINA; BOMBUS ALPINUS; BOMBUS HYPERBOREUS; HYMENOPTERA; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA;

EID: 0031776190     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00568.x     Document Type: Article

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