Are there any agricultural effects on the capture rates of male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini)?

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Sandino, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a Fundacion Herencia Verde   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Deforestation gradient; Euglossine bees; Farmlands; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSINI;

EID: 5344224802     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14759     Document Type: Article

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