Species conservation under future climate change: the case of Bombus bellicosus, a potentially threatened South American bumblebee species

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-43

  Martins, Aline C ^a   Silva, Daniel P ^b   De Marco, Paulo ^c   Melo, Gabriel A R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Climate change; Grasslands; Pollinator; South America; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925484274     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9740-7     Document Type: Article

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