Variation in native bee faunas and its implications for detecting community changes

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Williams, Neal M ^a   Minckley, Robert L ^b   Silveira, Fernando A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apiformes; Apoidea; Faunal surveys; Flower visiting insects; Functional groups; Monitoring long term changes; Sampling protocol; Solitary bees; Species composition; Species richness; Worldwide bee faunas

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249083218     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00259-050107     Document Type: Article

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