Predicted fates of ground-nesting bees in soil heated by wildfire: Thermal tolerances of life stages and a survey of nesting depths

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2631-2636

  Cane, James H ^a   Neff, John L ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Central Texas Melittological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiformes; Apoidea; Fire; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOME; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEFORESTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERIODICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WILDFIRE;

APOIDEA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; POACEAE;

EID: 80052568093     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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