Landscape context not patch size determines bumble-bee density on flower mixtures sown for agri-environment schemes

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 638-641

  Heard, M S ^a   Carvell, C ^a   Carreck, N L ^b   Rothery, P ^a   Osborne, J L ^b   Bourke, A F G ^c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Forage plants; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS (GENUS);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 38449119410     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0425     Document Type: Article

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