Forested landscapes promote richness and abundance of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Wisconsin apple orchards

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-632

  Watson, J C ^a   Wolf, A T ^a   Ascher, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

agro ecosystem; Andrenidae; apple orchards; landscape ecology; Native bees

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; FRUIT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; MALUS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; MALUS; WISCONSIN;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANDRENIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79958727227     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10231     Document Type: Article

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