Resource overlap and possible competition between honey bees and wild bees in central Europe

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 288-296

  Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Conservation; Flower visitation; Foraging distance; Grasslands

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033963893     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050034     Document Type: Article

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