Diversity of native bee visitors of cucurbit crops (cucurbitaceae) in Yucatán, México

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-147

  Meléndez Ramirez, Virginia ^a   Magana Rueda, Sergio ^a   Parra Tabla, Víctor ^a   Ayala, Ricardo ^b   Navarro, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; Diversity; Native bees; Pollinators; Yucat n M xico

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO;

ANTHOPHORIDAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; AUGOCHLORA; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARTAMONA; TRIGONA;

EID: 0037677955     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023219920798     Document Type: Article

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