Bumblebee nest density and the scale of available forage in arable landscapes

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-124

  Knight, M E ^a   Osborne, J L ^b   Sanderson, R A ^c   Hale, R J ^d   Martin, A P ^b   Goulson, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus pascuorum; Forage availability; Foraging range; Kinship; Mass flowering crops; Microsatellites; Nest density

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349584897     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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