Crofting and bumblebee conservation: The impact of land management practices on bumblebee populations in northwest Scotland

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 492-500

  Redpath, Nicola ^a   Osgathorpe, Lynne M ^a   Park, Kirsty ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Agriculture; Bombus; Fabaceae; Wildflowers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; GRAZING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEGUME;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA; AVES; BOMBUS MUSCORUM; FABACEAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 73649148998     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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