Competition between honey bees and wild bees and the role of nesting resources in a nature reserve

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1275-1283

  Hudewenz, Anika ^a   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andrena fuscipes; Apis mellifera; Colletes succinctus; Heath; Heriades truncorum

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HONEYBEE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; LUNEBURG HEIDE NATURE RESERVE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; COLLETES SUCCINCTUS; HERIADES;

EID: 84888842715     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9609-1     Document Type: Article

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