Riparian buffer strips: Their role in the conservation of insect pollinators in intensive grassland systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 211, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-220

  Cole, Lorna J ^a   Brocklehurst, Sarah ^b   Robertson, Duncan ^a   Harrison, William ^a   McCracken, David I ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Bees and butterflies; Biodiversity; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollination; Vegetated buffer strips

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; BEE; BUFFER ZONE; BUTTERFLY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HETEROGENEITY; POLLINATOR; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE;

EID: 84969406051     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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