On managing the red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) in apple orchards

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 564-576

  Gruber, Bernd ^a,c   Eckel, Katharina ^b   Everaars, Jeroen ^c   Dormann, Carsten F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Management; Pollination; Solitary bees; Yield increase

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HONEYBEE; NEST STRUCTURE; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX RATIO; YIELD RESPONSE;

GERMANY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OSMIA; OSMIA RUFA;

EID: 80054704310     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0059-z     Document Type: Article

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