Investigating plant-pollinator relationships in the Aegean: The approaches of the project POL-AEGIS (The pollinators of the Aegean archipelago: Diversity and threats)

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-117

  Petanidou, Theodora ^a   Ståhls, Gunilla ^b   Vuji, Anteć ^c   Olesen, Jens M ^d   Rojo, Santos ^e   Thrasyvoulou, Andreas ^f   Sgardelis, Stefanos ^g   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^h   Kokkini, Stella ^g   Tscheulin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h University of Western Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean islands; Climate change; Ecological and genetic diversity; Fires; Grazing; Honey bee competition; Hover flies; Merodon; Pollination networks; Pollination services; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBYLIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MERODON; PAPILIONOIDEA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 84876893842     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.52.2.20     Document Type: Review

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