Effects of land use at a landscape scale on bumblebee nest density and survival

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1207-1215

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Lepais, Olivier ^a   O'Connor, Stephanie ^a   Osborne, Juliet L ^b   Sanderson, Roy A ^c   Cussans, John ^b   Goffe, Louis ^c   Darvill, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Density; Gardens; Kinship; Microsatellite; Mortality; Pollination services; Population structure; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; BIOMARKER; EDGE EFFECT; GARDEN; HETEROGENEITY; KINSHIP; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; HEXAPODA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 78149287311     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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