The effects of human disturbance on a stingless bee community in a tropical rainforest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 577-587

  Samejima, Hiromitsu ^a   Marzuki, Marfaizal ^b   Nagamitsu, Teruyoshi ^c   Nakasizuka, Tohru ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borneo; Commercial logging; Pollinator; Shifting cultivation; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLLINATOR; RAINFOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 7944237678     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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