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Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science

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Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science. / Lindermann, Lara; Grabener, Swantje; Hellwig, Niels et al.
In: Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, Vol. 9, No. 1, 04.09.2024.

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Harvard

Lindermann, L, Grabener, S, Hellwig, N, Stahl, J & Dieker, P 2024, 'Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science', Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, vol. 9, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.632

APA

Lindermann, L., Grabener, S., Hellwig, N., Stahl, J., & Dieker, P. (2024). Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.632

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Lindermann L, Grabener S, Hellwig N, Stahl J, Dieker P. Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 2024 Sept 4;9(1). doi: 10.5334/cstp.632

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