Pollen collected by Trigona williana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Central Amazonia

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 567-573

  Marques Souza, Antonio Carlos ^a   De Oliveira Moura, Cleonice ^a   Nelson, Bruce Walker ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Plant species; Pollen foraging; Stingless bees; Trigona williana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041676521     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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