Nest establishment, pollination efficiency, and reproductive success of megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in relation to resource availability in field enclosures

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Bee density; Medicago sativa; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; APICULTURE; BEE; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NESTING; OVIPARITY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPARITY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 76649089654     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09077     Document Type: Article

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