Plant diversity and composition compensate for negative effects of urbanization on foraging bumble bees

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 760-770

  Hülsmann, Marietta ^a   von Wehrden, Henrik ^a,b   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a,c   Leonhardt, Sara Diana ^d  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bee decline; habitat fragmentation; Hymenoptera; pollination; urban landscape

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LEGUME; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

GERMANY;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84946560669     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0366-x     Document Type: Article

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