Effects of plant community composition and flowering phenology on honeybee foraging in Mediterranean sylvo-pastoral systems

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 689-697

  Bagella, Simonetta ^a   Satta, Alberto ^a   Floris, Ignazio ^a   Caria, Maria Carmela ^a   Rossetti, Ivo ^a   Podani, János ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apiculture; Apis mellifera; Ecosystem services; Flowering phenological distances; Mediterranean landscapes; Melissopalynology; Pollen spectra

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM ITALICUM; ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS; SALIX; SALIX PURPUREA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84884355490     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12023     Document Type: Article

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