Variation between bee communities on a sand dune complex in the Great Basin Desert, North America: Implications for sand dune conservation

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 666-671

  Wilson, J S ^a   Messinger, O J ^a   Griswold, T ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiformes; Beta diversity; Bray Curtis similarity; Community composition; Hymenoptera; Utah

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORISTICS; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLLINATION; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES RICHNESS;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 64649083337     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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