Correlations between land covers and honey bee colony losses in a country with industrialized and rural regions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 532, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Clermont, Antoine ^a   Eickermann, Michael ^a   Kraus, François ^b   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a   Beyer, Marco ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Apiculture; Ecosystem service; Honey bee health; Land use; Landscape management; Pollination

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; OILSEEDS; SPORTS;

APICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HONEY BEE; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; POLLINATION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

APICULTURE; COLONY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HONEYBEE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POLLINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CAMPING; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROPLAND; FOREST; HONEYBEE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; LINSEED; LUXEMBOURG; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SPORT; SUNFLOWER; WINTER; ANIMAL; BEE; CANADA; CHINA; COLONY COLLAPSE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; ISRAEL; POLLINATION; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

CORRELATION; FORESTRY; INSECTS; LAND USE; POLLINATION; TURKEY; USA;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

APIS MELLIFERA; BRASSICA NAPUS; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; BEES; CANADA; CHINA; COLONY COLLAPSE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; ISRAEL; LUXEMBOURG; POLLINATION; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930685542     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.128     Document Type: Article

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