Do the Quality and Quantity of Honey Bee-Collected Pollen Vary Across an Agricultural Land-Use Gradient?
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Entomology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0046-225X,1938-2936
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvz139