Diversity, threats and conservation of native bees in the Neotropics

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-346

  Freitas, Breno M ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lúcia ^b   Medina, Luis M ^c   Kleinert, Astrid De Matos Peixoto ^b   Galetto, Leonardo ^d   Nates Parra, Guiomar ^e   Javier G Quezada Euan J ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bee biodiversity; Central America; Conservation; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLICY MAKING; POLLINATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 68349104802     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009012     Document Type: Review

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