Are roads and railroads barriers to bumblebee movement in a temperate suburban conservation area?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Bhattacharya, Madhumita ^a   Primack, Richard B ^a   Gerwein, Joel ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic barriers; Bombus; Bumblebees; Clethra alnifolia; Habitat fragmentation; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; POLLINATION; RAILWAY; ROAD;

UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; CEPHALANTHUS; CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS; CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA; CROTON HUMILIS;

EID: 0037208443     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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