Bumblebees in the city: abundance, species richness and diversity in two urban habitats

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1185-1191

  Gunnarsson, Bengt ^a   Federsel, Lisa Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apis; Bombus; Ecosystem service; Flowerbeds; Urban biodiversity; Urban gardens

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

SWEDEN;

APIS;

EID: 84916218595     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9729-2     Document Type: Article

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