Estimating the population size of specialised solitary bees

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-238

  Larsson, Magnus ^a   Franzén, Markus ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Andrena hattorfiana; Apiformes; Apoidea; Bee conservation; Mark recapture; Oligolecty; Wild bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

APOIDEA;

EID: 40349112833     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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