Population dynamics of a stingless bee community in the seasonal dry lowlands of Costa Rica

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-79

  Slaa, E J ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africanised honey bee; Colony life history; Deforestation; Meliponini; Seasonal swarming

Indexed keywords

BEE; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWARMING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33644550321     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0837-6     Document Type: Article

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