Providing foraging resources for bumblebees in intensively farmed landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-494

  Pywell, R F ^a   Warman, E A ^a   Carvell, C ^a   Sparks, T H ^a   Dicks, L V ^a   Bennett, D ^a   Wright, A ^a   Critchley, C N R ^b   Sherwood, A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation headlands; Field margins; Habitat creation; Pollen and nectar resources; Restoration; Seed mixtures

Indexed keywords

BEE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; POPULATION DECLINE;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CIRSIUM; DICOTYLEDONEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 4444299936     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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