Nest-site fidelity, body weight and population size of the red mason bee, Osmia rufa (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), evaluated by Mark-recapture experiments

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-131

  Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Schiele, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Orchard meadows; Osmia rufa Linnaeus 1758; Population dynamics; Trap nests

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; OSMIA RUFA;

EID: 12244251839     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/27/2004/123     Document Type: Article

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