Search for dissertations about: "domestic gardens"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words domestic gardens.

2. 1. Effects of landscape context on populations of bumblebees

   Author : Anna Persson; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Apoidea; Bombus; Campanula; agriculture; land-use intensity; complexity; garden; grassland; field border; MFC; pollination; Factor Analysis;

   Abstract : To investigate recent declines in bumblebee populations, I carried out landscape analyses, made field studies of bumblebees, flowering plants and pollination in an agricultural region in southernmost Sweden. Studies were carried out in landscapes of contrasting agricultural intensity and land-cover configuration; "simple" landscapes highly dominated by large crop fields, and "complex" with mixed farming, grasslands and smaller fields. READ MORE