Lost colonies found in a data mine: Global honey trade but not pests or pesticides as a major cause of regional honeybee colony declines

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 216, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-50

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b,c   Erler, Silvio ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beekeeping; Colony losses; Global trade; Honey; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; COLONY; DATA MINING; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; GLOBAL TRADE; HONEY; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84943279671     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.09.027     Document Type: Article

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