Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of the Michigan Highbush blueberry agroecosystem

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-287

  Tuell, Julianna K ^a   Ascher, John S ^b   Isaacs, Rufus ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Native bee conservation; Pan trapping

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; HONEYBEE; NEW RECORD; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RANGE EXPANSION; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAPPING; WILD POPULATION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANDRENIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ERICACEAE; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; OSMIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 63749098926     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0209     Document Type: Article

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