Do resources or natural enemies drive bee population dynamics in fragmented habitats?

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1375-1387

  Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Schiele, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Orchard meadows; Osmia rufa; Pollinators; Population ecology; Red mason bee; Resource limitation; Solitary bees; Time series; Top down or bottom up control

Indexed keywords

BEE; CONNECTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; ORCHARD; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME SERIES;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA RUFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOWER; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEES; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASPS;

EID: 46749141310     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1323.1     Document Type: Article

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