Decline in bee diversity and abundance from 1972-2004 on a flowering leguminous tree, Andira inermis in Costa Rica at the interface of disturbed dry forest and the urban environment

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Frankie, Gordon W ^a   Rizzardi, Mark ^b   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^c   Griswold, Terry L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee pollination; Deforestation; Long term monitoring; Solitary bees; Tropical dry forest; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGUME; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE;

ANDIRA INERMIS; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77749328251     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES708.23.1     Document Type: Article

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