Using citizen science to monitor Bombus populations in the UK: Nesting ecology and relative abundance in the urban environment

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 697-707

  Lye, Gillian C ^a   Osborne, Juliet L ^b   Park, Kirsty J ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus spp.; Conservation; Nest ecology; Public outreach; Species decline

Indexed keywords

BEE; GENERALIST; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOMBUS PASCUORUM;

EID: 84866450539     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9450-3     Document Type: Article

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