The plight of pollinating bees

Bee World

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 71-74

  Buchmann, Stephen ^a,b   Ascher, John S ^c  

^a Bee Works   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 26044443758     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2005.11417316     Document Type: Article

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