Native bees are a rich natural resource in urban California gardens

California Agriculture

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Frankie, Gordon W ^a   Thorp, Robbin W ^b   Hernandez, Jennifer ^a   Rizzardi, Mark ^c   Ertter, Barbara ^d   Pawelek, Jaime C ^a   Witt, Sara L ^a   Schindler, Mary ^a   Coville, Rollin ^a   Wojcik, Victoria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77954536602     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v063n03p113     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Allen-Wardell G, Bernhardt P, Bitner R, et al. 1998. The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields. Conserv Biol 12:8-17.
2. Brenzel KN (ed.). 2007. Sunset Western Garden Book. Menlo Park, CA: Sunset Pub. 768 p.
3. Cane JH. 2005. Bees, pollination and the challenges of sprawl. In: Johnson EA, Klemens MW (eds.). Nature in Fragments. New York: Columbia Univ Pr. 382 p.
4. Daily G. 1997. Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. Covelo, CA: Island Pr. 392 p.
5. Eremeeva NI, Sushchev DV. 2005. Structural changes in the fauna of pollinating insects in urban landscapes. Russ J Ecol 36:259-65.
6. Frankie GW, Ehler LE. 1978. Ecology of insects in urban environments. Ann Rev Entomol 23:367-87.
7. Frankie GW, Thorp RW, Schindler M, et al. 2005. Ecological patterns of bees and their host ornamental flowers in two northern California cities. J Kansas Entomol Soc 78:227-46.
8. Grissell E. 2001. Insects and Gardens. Portland, OR: Timber Pr. 345 p.
9. Hernandez JL, Frankie GW, Thorp RW. 2009. Diversity and abundance of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in a newly constructed urban garden in Berkeley, California. J Kansas Entomol Soc (accepted).
10. Kremen C, Williams NM, Bugg RL, et al. 2004. The area requirements of an ecosystem service: Crop pollination by native bee communities in California. Ecol Letter 7:1109-19.
11. Kremen C, Williams NM, Thorp RW. 2002. Crop pollination from native bees at risk from agricultural intensification. PNAS 99:16812-8.
12. Louv R. 2008. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. New York: Algonquin. 391 p.
13. Matteson KC, Ascher JS, Langellotto GA. 2008. Bee richness and abundance in New York City urban gardens. Ann Entomol Soc Am 101:140-50.
14. [NRC] National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: Nat Acad Pr. 307 p.
15. Owen J. 1991. The Ecology of a Garden: The First Fifteen Years. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambr Univ Pr. 403 p.
16. Tallamy DW. 2009. Bringing Nature Home. Portland, OR: Timber Pr. 358 p.
17. Thorp RW, Frankie GW, Barthell J, et al. 1992. Long-term studies to gauge effect of invading bees. Cal Ag 46(1):20-3.
18. Wojcik VA, Frankie GW, Thorp RW, Hernandez J. 2008. Seasonality in bees and their floral resource plants at a constructed urban bee habitat in Berkeley, California. J Kansas Entomol Soc 81:15-28.