A meta-analysis of bees' responses to anthropogenic disturbance

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2068-2076

  Winfree, Rachael ^a,f   Aguilar, Ramiro ^b   Vázquez, Diego P ^c   Lebuhn, Gretchen ^d   Aizen, Marcelo A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee abundance; Bee species richness; Bombus; Ecosystem service; Global change; Habitat loss; Land use change; Meta analysis; Pollination; Pollinator; Pollinator decline

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 62049085911     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1245.1     Document Type: Article

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