Rarity and decline in bumblebees - A test of causes and correlates in the Irish fauna

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-194

  Fitzpatrick, Úna ^a   Murray, Tomás E ^b   Paxton, Robert J ^b   Breen, John ^c   Cotton, Don ^d   Santorum, Veronica ^c   Brown, Mark J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Bombus; Decline; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BEE; POPULATION DECLINE; RARITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOIDEA;

EID: 33847269645     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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