Distance from forest edge affects bee pollinators in oilseed rape fields

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 370-380

  Bailey, Samantha ^a   Requier, Fabrice ^a,b   Nusillard, Benoît ^a   Roberts, Stuart P M ^c   Potts, Simon G ^c   Bouget, Christophe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andrena; Bee dispersal; Ecosystem service; Foraging range; Nomada; Partial habitats; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894060902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.924     Document Type: Article

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