Pollen use by Megalopta sweat bees in relation to resource availability in a tropical forest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-317

  Smith, Adam R ^a,b   López Quintero, Isis J ^a,c   Moreno Patiño, Jorge Enrique ^a   Roubik, David W ^a   Wcislo, William T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Flight distance; Foraging range; Halictidae; Hymenoptera; Native bees; Pollen analysis; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; GENERALIST; NATIVE SPECIES; NEST; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HURA CREPITANS; HYMENOPTERA; MEGALOPTA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS; PSEUDOBOMBAX SEPTENATUM;

EID: 84863762751     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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