Sampling bee communities (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) in a desert landscape: Are pan traps sufficient?

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-300

  Wilson, Joseph S ^a,b   Griswold, Terry ^a   Messinger, Olivia J ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee diversity; Great Basin; Sand dunes; UV reflective traps

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; CAPTURE METHOD; COLOR; DESERT; DUNE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST PLANT; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STANDARDIZATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHIDIUM; APOIDEA; COLLETES; EPEOLUS; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERDITA;

EID: 64649089863     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES-802.06.1     Document Type: Article

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