Diversity of flower-visiting bees in cereal fields: Effects of farming system, landscape composition and regional context

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Holzschuh, Andrea ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Kleijn, David ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Biodiversity; Flowering plants; Landscape structure; Organic farming; Pollination; Spatial scales; Weeds; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIELD; FLOWER VISITING; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLINATION; WHEAT;

APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33846028517     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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