Habitat fragmentation and native bees: A premature verdict?

Conservation Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Cane, James H ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bees; Conservation; Diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Land use change; Pollination; Pollinator; Statistics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038674320     PISSN: 11955449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00265-050103     Document Type: Review

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