Small local population sizes and high habitat patch fidelity in a specialised solitary bee

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Franzén, Markus ^a   Larsson, Magnus ^b   Nilsson, Sven G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Andrena hattorfiana; Apoidea; Dispersal; Knautia arvensis; Mark recapture; Metapopulation; Oligolecty; Sedentary; Wild bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOIDEA; DIPSACACEAE; KNAUTIA ARVENSIS;

EID: 58149357512     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9123-4     Document Type: Article

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