Colony growth of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, in improved and conventional agricultural and suburban habitats

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-273

  Goulson, D ^a   Hughes, W O H ^a,b   Derwent, L C ^a   Stout, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apidae; Farm management; Floral resources; Foraging; Set aside

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GROWTH; SET-ASIDE; SUBURBAN AREA;

APHOMIA SOCIELLA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0036937837     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100803     Document Type: Article

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