Almond orchards with living ground cover host more wild insect pollinators

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1011-1025

  Saunders, Manu E ^a   Luck, Gary W ^a   Mayfield, Margaret M ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bees; Ecosystem services; Flower visitor; Mallee; Tree nut; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; GROUND COVER; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASP;

AUSTRALIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84884531100     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9584-6     Document Type: Article

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