Does forest loss affect the communities of trap-nesting wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in forests? Landscape vs. local habitat conditions

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Taki, Hisatomo ^a   Viana, Blandina F ^b   Kevan, Peter G ^a   Silva, Fabiana O ^c,d   Buck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Faculdades Jorge Amado   (Brazil)

^d Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carolinian zone; Cavity nesting; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Local characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE; NESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASP;

ACULEATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 37549048525     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9058-1     Document Type: Article

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