Impacts of coffee agroforestry management on tropical bee communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1423-1431

  Jha, S ^a,b   Vandermeer, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bee; Coffee; Habitat management; Landscape; Nesting; Regression tree; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; NEST SITE; POLLINATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77954817373     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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