Nest site preference and success in a gregarious, ground-nesting bee Dieunomia triangulifera

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-479

  Wuellner, Clare T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Dieunomia; Habitat selection; Halictidae; Hymenoptera; Nest site preference; Soil; Solitary bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

DIEUNOMIA TRIANGULIFERA; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032695478     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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