Food for insect pollinators on farmland: Insect visits to flowers of annual seed mixtures

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-23

  Carreck, N L ^a   Williams, I H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bees; Nectar; Pollen; Seed mixtures; Syrphids

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECT; POLLINATOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BORAGINACEAE; BORAGO; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CYANUS; CYANUS; DIPTERA; FAGOPYRUM; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; PHACELIA; PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA;

EID: 0036063454     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015764925536     Document Type: Article

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