Roads may act as barriers to flying insects: species composition of bees and wasps differs on two sides of a large highway
Roads may act as barriers to animal movements, but direct barrier effects on insects have rarely been studied. In this study we collected data on bees and wasps along two sides of a large road in Sweden using yellow pan traps. We then analyzed if the species composition differed between the two side...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2017-07-01
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Series: | Nature Conservation |
Online Access: | https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12314 |