Quantitative pollen requirements of solitary bees: Implications for bee conservation and the evolution of bee-flower relationships

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-615

  Müller, Andreas ^a   Diener, Stefan ^a   Schnyder, Simone ^a   Stutz, Katharina ^a   Sedivy, Claudio ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bee reproduction; Megachile parietina; Pollen; Pollen harvesting; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWER; HABITAT; POLLEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APOIDEA; MEGACHILE;

EID: 33646029421     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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