Keywords:
Bees -- Conservation.
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Bees -- Habitat.
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Insect pollinators -- Habitat.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild bees. The authors worked with an international group of bee experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild bees.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (132 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781907807022
Series Statement:
Synopses of Conservation Evidence ; v.1
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1686151
DDC:
333.955716
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Advisory board -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Threat: residential and commercial development -- Threat: land use change due to agriculture -- Threat: pollution - agricultural and forestry effluents -- Threat: transportation and service corridors -- Threat: biological resource use -- Threat: natural system modification - natural fire and fire suppression -- Threat: invasive non-native species -- Threat: problematic native species -- Providing artificial nest sites for bees -- Captive breeding and rearing of wild bees (ex-situ conservation) -- Education and awareness-raising -- Index -- About Pelagic Publishing -- Backcover.
