Spatial predictability and resource specialization of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) at a superabundant, widespread resource

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-147

  Minckley, Robert L ^b   Cane, James H ^a,b   Kervin, Linda ^a,b   Roulston, T H ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biogeography; Deserts; Larrea; Oligolecty; Pollinator assemblage; Species composition; Species turnover; Variation; Zygophyllaceae

Indexed keywords

BEE; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 0033018819     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0295     Document Type: Article

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