Gardens benefit bees and enhance pollination in intensively managed farmland

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2602-2606

  Samnegård, Ulrika ^a,b   Persson, Anna S ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Apoidea; Bombus; Campanula; Landscape; Pollinator; Seed set

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRUIT; GARDEN; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; OUTCROSSING; POLLINATION; SEED SET; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

SWEDEN;

APOIDEA; CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052598177     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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