Enhancing habitat to help the plight of the bumblebee

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-379

  Blake, Robin J ^a   Westbury, Duncan B ^a   Woodcock, Ben A ^b   Sutton, Peter ^c   Potts, Simon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Biodiversity; Buffer strips; Bumblebees; Graminicide; Management; Pollination

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; BEE; BUFFER ZONE; ENTOMOPHILY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA;

EID: 79952594910     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2136     Document Type: Article

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