Social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) as indicators of conservation degree of riparian forests in southeast Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 387-396

  De Souza, Marcos Magalhães ^a   Louzada, Júlio ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo ^b   Zanuncio, José Cola ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MISCHOCYTTARUS; POLYBIA; PSEUDOPOLYBIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 77957704714     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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