Influence of woody vegetation on pollinator densities in oilseed Brassica fields in an Australian temperate landscape

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-414

  Arthur, Anthony D ^a   Li, Jin ^a,b   Henry, Steve ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis; Bees; Canola; Ecosystem service; Habitat condition; Hoverflies; Syrphid

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 77955416931     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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