Flower-visiting guild associated with the Caatinga flora: Trophic interaction networks formed by social bees and social wasps with plants

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-475

  Santos, Gilberto M De Mendonça ^a   Aguiar, Cĝndida M Lima ^a   Mello, Marco A R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

flower visiting guild; food network; semi arid region; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CAATINGA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; FOOD CHAIN; GUILD; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEMIARID REGION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WASP;

APOIDEA;

EID: 77956736979     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009081     Document Type: Article

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