Diversity of wild bees in wet meadows: Implications for conservation

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 975-983

  Moroń, Dawid ^a   Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka ^a   Wantuch, Marta ^a   Celary, Waldemar ^b   Westphal, Catrin ^c   Settele, Josef ^d   Woyciechowski, Michal ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food plant specialization; Hymenoptera (Apiformes); Pollinators; Threatened species; Wet grassland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MEADOW; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

EUROPE;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTIDAE; NOMADINI; POACEAE;

EID: 67349182740     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-83.1     Document Type: Article

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