The conservation and restoration of wild bees

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1195, Issue , 2010, Pages 169-197

  Winfree, Rachael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Ecosystem service; Farm Bill; Global change; Land use change; Pollination; Pollinator; Pollinator conservation; Pollinator restoration; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; BEE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUMBLEBEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEREDITY; INSECT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952001160     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05449.x     Document Type: Review

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