Forest fragments with larger core areas better sustain diverse orchid bee faunas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-561

  Nemésio, André ^a   Silveira, Fernando A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Conservation; Euglossine; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77958505534     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000400014     Document Type: Article

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