Late-season mass-flowering red clover increases bumble bee queen and male densities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-145

  Rundlöf, Maj ^a,b   Persson, Anna S ^b   Smith, Henrik G ^b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bombus; Flower resources; Mitigation measure; Pollinator; Reproductive success; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWERING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

EID: 84896536775     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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