Habitat structure components are effective predictors of trap-nesting Hymenoptera diversity

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-742

  Loyola, Rafael D ^a   Martins, Rogério P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Auplopus; Habitat indicators; Habitat based approach; Solitary bees and wasps; Species richness; Trap nests; Trypoxylon

Indexed keywords

APOCRITA; APOIDEA; AUPLOPUS; HYMENOPTERA; TRYPOXYLON;

EID: 51249089914     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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