Conservation ecology of bees: Populations, species and communities

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-236

  Murray, Tomás E ^a   Kuhlmann, Michael ^b   Potts, Simon G ^c  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community; Conservation; Plant pollinator; Population

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 68349107809     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009015     Document Type: Review

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