Nutritional stress due to habitat loss may explain recent honeybee colony collapses

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2369-2372

  Naug, Dhruba ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony collapse disorder; Conservation; Habitat loss; Honeybees; Nutritional stress; Pollinator habitat

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT LOSS; HONEYBEE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLINATOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 68349127408     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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