Promoting pollinating insects in intensive agricultural matrices: Field-scale experimental manipulation of hay-meadow mowing regimes and its effects on bees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Buri, Pierrick ^a   Humbert, Jean Yves ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI ENVIRONMENT SCHEME; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD STUDY; HAY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES REFUGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84897402656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085635     Document Type: Article

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