Floral preferences of a neotropical stingless bee, Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Apidae: Meliponina) in an urban forest fragment

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 463-471

  Antonini, Y ^a,b   Costa, R G ^b   Martins, R P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Floral sources; Forest fragments; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MYRTACEAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33746288105     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842006000300012     Document Type: Article

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