Origins and ecological consequences of pollen specialization among desert bees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1440, 2000, Pages 265-271

  Minckley, R L ^a,b   Cane, J H ^c   Kervin, L ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Environmental variation; Foraging; Insect plant interactions

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; POLLEN; SPECIALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BEE; DESERT; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0034615126     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0996     Document Type: Article

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