Microsite conditions dominate habitat selection of the red mason bee (Osmia bicornis, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in an urban environment: A case study from Leipzig, Germany

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-23

  Everaars, Jeroen ^a   Strohbach, Michael W ^a,b   Gruber, Bernd ^a,c   Dormann, Carsten F ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Solitary bees; Spatial distribution; Sun exposure; Trap nest; Urban landscape structure

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; SOLITARY BEES; SUN EXPOSURES; TRAP NEST; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

URBAN GROWTH;

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEST; BEE; BIOTOPE; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; POLLINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; OSMIA RUFA;

EID: 80052659782     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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