Bee diversity and abundance in an urban setting

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 851-869

  Tommasi, Désirée ^a   Miro, Alice ^a   Higo, Heather A ^a   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANDRENA; ANDRENIDAE; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; BOMBUS; BOMBUS FLAVIFRONS; CENTAUREA; COTANEASTER; COTONEASTER; DIALICTUS; DIGITALIS; HALICTIDAE; HALICTUS; HYMENOPTERA; LILIACEAE; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; PETUNIA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; ROSACEAE; RUBUS; RUBUS DISCOLOR; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SOLANACEAE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TULIPA;

EID: 12744255045     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-010     Document Type: Article

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