Survival, reproduction and population growth of the bee pollinator, Osmia rufa (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), along gradients of heavy metal pollution

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-121

  Moroń, Dawid ^a   Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka ^b   Skórka, Piotr ^c   Potts, Simon G ^d   Woyciechowski, Michał ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Cadmium; Contamination; Lead; Pollinators; Trap nest; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897659430     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12040     Document Type: Article

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