ECOBEE: A tool for long-term honey bee colony monitoring at the landscape scale in West european intensive agroecosystems

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-66

  Odoux, Jean François ^a   Aupinel, Pierrick ^a   Gateff, Sophie ^b   Requier, Fabrice ^c   Henry, Mickaël ^d   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ADA Poitou Charentes (ADAPC) Mignaloux Beauvoir   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Agri Environmental Schemes; Agricultural practices; Agroecosystem landscape; Colony dynamics; Floral resources; France; Honey bees; Intensive cereal farming; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899638852     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.1.05     Document Type: Article

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