On a habitat structure-based approach to evaluating species occurrence: Cavity-nesting Hymenoptera in a secondary tropical forest remnant

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Loyola, Rafael Dias ^a,b   Martins, Rogério Parentoni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest remnant; Habitat indicators; Habitat structure based approach; Solitary bees and wasps; Vegetation physiognomy

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URBAN AREA; WASP;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOCRITA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 58149357508     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9126-1     Document Type: Article

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