The potential impact of global warming on the efficacy of field margins sown for the conservation of bumble-bees

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1549, 2010, Pages 2071-2079

  Memmott, Jane ^a   Carvell, Claire ^b   Pywell, Richard F ^b   Craze, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; Climate change; Field margin

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIELD MARGIN; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; BEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GREAT BRITAIN;

EID: 77954716677     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0015     Document Type: Article

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