Distribution and abundance of colonies of selected meliponine species in a Costa Rican tropical wet forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-777

  Breed, Michael D ^a   Mcglynn, Terrence P ^a   Sanctuary, Michael D ^a   Stocker, Erin M ^a   Cruz, Randolph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Carrion; Competitive interactions; Distribution; Feeding preferences; Nectar; Trigona

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TRIGONA AMALTHEA; TRIGONA CORVINA; TRIGONA FULVIVENTRIS;

EID: 0033383503     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001169     Document Type: Article

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