Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) diversity and abundance in tallgrass prairie patches: Effects of local and landscape floral resources

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1477-1484

  Hines, Heather M ^a,b   Hendrix, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Fragmentation; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATOR; PRAIRIE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 29544435431     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1477     Document Type: Article

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