Changing bee composition and frequency on a flowering legume, Andira inermis (Wright) Kunth ex DC. During El Niño and La Niña years (1997-1999) in northwestern Costa Rica

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-117

  Frankie, Gordon W ^a   Rizzardi, Mark ^b   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^c   Griswold, Terry L ^d   Ronchi, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Amigos de Lomas Barbudal   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

African honey bees; Climate change; El Ni o; Habitat destruction; Intraspecific variation; La Ni a; Oil bees; Oil flowers; Plant phenology; Pollinator decline; Seasonal dry forest; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EL NINO; FLOWER VISITING; LA NINA; LEGUME; POLLINATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANDIRA INERMIS; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOS TAURUS; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; CENTRIS; EPICHARIS;

EID: 20544467694     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0402.23.1     Document Type: Article

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