Changes in the bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of an old field site in southern Ontario, revisited after 34 years

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-164

  Grixti, Jennifer C ^a,b   Packer, Laurence ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33745148980     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N05-034     Document Type: Article

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