A comparison of bee communities of Chicago green roofs, parks and prairies

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-108

  Tonietto, Rebecca ^a,b   Fant, Jeremie ^b   Ascher, John ^c   Ellis, Katherine ^d   Larkin, Daniel ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Green roofs; Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila; Native bees; Pollinator conservation; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROOFS;

APOIDEA; GREEN ROOF; NATIVE BEES; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POTENTIAL VALUES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE; URBAN ECOLOGY;

URBAN GROWTH;

ABUNDANCE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREENSPACE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATOR; PRAIRIE; ROOF; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 80052662510     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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