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Urban Bees Benefit from a Native Forest Species Grown in a City Environment–A Case Study of Geranium Phaeum L. Cover

Urban Bees Benefit from a Native Forest Species Grown in a City Environment–A Case Study of Geranium Phaeum L.

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|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2021-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 331 - 343
Submitted on: Jul 26, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 1, 2021
Published on: Dec 28, 2021
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