Seasonality in bees and their floral resource plants at a constructed Urban bee habitat in Berkeley, California

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-28

  Wojcik, Victoria A ^a   Frankie, Gordon W ^a   Thorp, Robbin W ^b   Hernandez, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Native bee conservation; Phenology; Seasonality; Urban bees; Urban gardens; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER; HABITAT TYPE; HOME GARDEN; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; URBAN AREA;

BERKELEY; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA;

EID: 67649557528     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES-701.17.1     Document Type: Article

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