Floral preferences and climate influence in nectar and pollen foraging by melipona rufiventris lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 879-884

  Fidalgo, Adriana de O ^a   Kleinert, Astrid de M P ^b  

^a Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Atlantic forest; Environment influence; Fl oral origin; Food resource

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; FLOWER; HYMENOPTERA; NECTAR; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; FLOWERS; HYMENOPTERA; PLANT NECTAR; POLLEN;

ANACARDIACEAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARECACEAE; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA RUFIVENTRIS; MELIPONINAE; MYRTACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 79951559587     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000600005     Document Type: Article

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