Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land-use pressures in European agricultural landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1567-1577

  De Palma, Adriana ^a,b   Kuhlmann, Michael ^b   Roberts, Stuart P M ^c   Potts, Simon G ^c   Börger, Luca ^d   Hudson, Lawrence N ^b   Lysenko, Igor ^a   Newbold, Tim ^e   Purvis, Andy ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Human impacts; Land use change; Land use intensification; Life history traits; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84951044213     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12524     Document Type: Article

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