Detecting changes in habitat-scale bee foraging in a tropical fragmented landscape using stable isotopes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1846-1855

  Brosi, Berry J ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a   Chamberlain, C Page ^a   Mills, Matthew ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use change; Meliponines; Pollinators; Spatial foraging; Stable isotopes; Stingless bees; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

LAND-USE CHANGE; MELIPONINES; POLLINATORS; SPATIAL FORAGING; STABLE ISOTOPES; STINGLESS BEES; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; TROPICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 70349140067     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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