The Influence of Urban Green Spaces on Declining Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Description:
Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are adept pollinators of countless cultivated and wild flowering plants, but many species have experienced declines in recent decades. Though urban sprawl has been implicated as a driving force of such losses, urban green spaces hold the potential to serve as habitat islands for bumble bees. As human populations continue to grow and metropolitan areas become larger, the survival of many bumble bee species will hinge on the identification and implementation of appropria…
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Date:
May 2016
Creator:
Beckham, Jessica L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries