Enhancing habitat to help the plight of the bumblebee
Blake, Robin J.; Westbury, Duncan B.; Woodcock, Ben A.; Sutton, Peter; Potts, Simon G.. 2011 Enhancing habitat to help the plight of the bumblebee. Pest Management Science, 67 (4). 377-379. 10.1002/ps.2136Full text not available from this repository.
Modern farming has caused considerable declines in UK bumblebee populations, and, while options exist for farmers to increase the quantity of bee-friendly habitat, uptake has been low. Robin Blake explains how existing habitats on farms could be enhanced for the benefit of bumblebees.
|Item Type:||Publication - Article|
|Digital Object Identifier (DOI):||10.1002/ps.2136|
|Programmes:||CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 3 - Managing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment > BD - 3.4 - Provide science-based advice ...|
|Additional Keywords:||bumblebees, biodiversity, buffer strips, pollination, management, graminicide, agri-environment|
|NORA Subject Terms:||Ecology and Environment|
|Date made live:||23 Aug 2011 13:52|
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