Honey bee success predicted by landscape composition in Ohio, USA

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Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sponsler, D B ^a   Johnson, R M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiculture; Citizen science; Landscape ecology; Pollinator; Urban beekeeping

Indexed keywords

WAX;

APICULTURE; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CROP; FOOD STORAGE; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POLLEN; PROTEIN CONTENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

APIS MELLIFERA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84926483324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.838     Document Type: Article

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