Alpha-beta diversity in trap-nesting wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in Southern Brazil

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-358

  Buschini, Maria Luisa Tunes ^a   Woiski, Thiago Demetrius ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aculeata; Community; Diversity; Hymenoptera; Solitary wasps; Trap nests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; NEST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASP;

ARAUCARIA FOREST; BRAZIL; GUARAPUAVA; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACULEATA; ARAUCARIA; CRABRONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; POMPILIDAE; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 51349098464     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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