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Social bees are fitter in more biodiverse environments

Bee population declines are often linked to human impacts, especially habitat and biodiversity loss, but empirical evidence is lacking. To clarify the link between biodiversity loss and bee decline, we examined how floral diversity affects (reproductive) fitness and population growth of a social sti...

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Autores principales: Kaluza, Benjamin F., Wallace, Helen M., Heard, Tim A., Minden, Vanessa, Klein, Alexandra, Leonhardt, Sara D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6098141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30120304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30126-0