The effects of forest fragmentation on euglossine bee communities (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 414-423

  Brosi, Berry J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Forest fragmentation; Orchid bees; Pollinators; Tropical wet forest; Van Someren trapping

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 58149271013     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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