Abiotic and biotic factors influencing nest-site selection by Halictus rubicundus, a ground-nesting halictine bee

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-328

  Potts, Simon G ^a   Willmer, Pat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bees; Halictus rubicundus; Hymenoptera; Nest site fidelity; Nest site selection; Nesting aggregation; Philopatty; Substrate quality

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; GROUND-NESTING BEE; HARDNESS; NEST-SITE SELECTION; SLOPE; SOIL HUMIDITY; SOIL PARTICLE COMPOSITION;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTUS RUBICUNDUS; HYMENOPTERA; RUBICUNDUS;

EID: 0030823549     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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