Targeted agri-environment schemes significantly improve the population size of common farmland bumblebee species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1668-1680

  Wood, Thomas J ^a   Holland, John M ^b   Hughes, William O H ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agri environment schemes; Bombus; foraging range; nest density; pollinator conservation

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84929659320     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13144     Document Type: Article

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