The bumblebees scarcity syndrome: Are heat waves leading to local extinctions of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)?

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 275-280

  Rasmont, Pierre ^a   Iserbyt, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate; Drought; Global warming; Pollinators; Regression

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84873818022     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2012.10697776     Document Type: Article

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