Altered species interactions at forest edges: Contrasting edge effects on bumble bees and their phoretic mite loads in temperate forest remnants

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 598-606

  Ewers, Robert M ^a   Bartlam, Scott ^b   Didham, Raphael K ^c,d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Commensalism; Dispersal; Edge effects; Habitat area; Habitat fragmentation; Introduced species; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883455516     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12014     Document Type: Article

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