Collateral effects of beekeeping: Impacts on pollen-nectar resources and wild bee communities

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 199-209

  Torné Noguera, Anna ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^a,b   Osorio, Sergio ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bee conservation; Exploitative competition; Honey bees; Pollinator community; Resource consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949476555     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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