Semi-natural grasslands as population sources for pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Öckinger, Erik ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bumble bees; Butterflies; Diversity; Farmland; Field margins; Isolation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; FIELD MARGIN; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; POLLINATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33846031565     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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