Spatio-temporal variation of apine bee attraction to honeybaits in Bornean forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-324

  Eltz, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apinae; Bee diversity; Forest disturbance; Meliponini; Survey; Trigona

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HONEYBEE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

APIDAE; APINAE; APINI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA;

EID: 2542435361     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001196     Document Type: Article

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