Effects of cultivation and proximity to natural habitat on ground-nesting native bees in California sunflower fields

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-320

  Kim, John ^a   Williams, Neal ^b   Kremen, Claire ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Ground nesting bees; Nesting density; Pollination; Source sink dynamics; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BEE; CULTIVATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

APOIDEA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 33750983039     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0507.11.1     Document Type: Article

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