Factors affecting the structure of bee assemblages in extensively and intensively grazed grasslands in Hungary

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-188

  Sarospataki M ^a   Baldi A ^b   Batary P ^b,d   Jozan Z ^c   Erdos, S ^a,b   Redei T ^d  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c Department of Zoology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Body size; Grazing intensity; Honey bee dominance; Landscape structure; Nesting site; Species richness; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND USE; NEST SITE; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

HUNGARY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 73649137865     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.2.7     Document Type: Article

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