Orchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: Does farm size affect their abundance?

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 965-969

  Hedström, Ingemar ^a,b   Denzel, Andrew ^c   Owens, Gareth ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Nairi Foundation   (Costa Rica)

^c Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Sostenible   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bio indicator; Costa Rica; Euglossa; Euglossine; Orchid bees; Organic agriculture

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COFFEE; COSTA RICA; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEES; COFFEE; COSTA RICA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 52149124676     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i3.14075     Document Type: Article

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