Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator community structure relative to a woodland-almond plantation edge

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 369-381

  Saunders, Manu E ^a   Luck, Gary W ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Mallee; Mass flowering; Monoculture; SHE analysis

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84911385980     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12067     Document Type: Article

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