The effect of grazing on bumblebees in the high rangelands of the eastern Tibetan Plateau of Sichuan

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 695-703

  Xie, Zhenghua ^a   Williams, Paul H ^b   Tang, Ya ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decline; Diversity; Environmental change; Food plant preference; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRAZING; MAMMAL; PLANT; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGELAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

BOMBUS HUMILIS; BOS GRUNNIENS; HEDYSARUM; SAUSSUREA;

EID: 53549134235     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9180-3     Document Type: Article

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