A retrospective analysis of pollen host plant use by stable and declining bumble bee species

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1811-1823

  Kleijn, David ^a   Raemakers, Ivo ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Wageningen University ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bombus spp.; Ecosystem services; Food preference; Foraging behavior; Historical collections; Invasive plants; Land use change; Pollination; Rare species

Indexed keywords

BEE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUSEUM; POLLEN; POPULATION DECLINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOMBUS (GENUS); IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS GLANDULIFERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BELGIUM; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEES; BELGIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; PLANTS; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549120238     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1275.1     Document Type: Article

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