Effect of Biotic Factors on the Spatial Distribution of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) in Fragmented Neotropical Habitats

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-104

  Fierro, M M ^a   Cruz López, Leopoldo ^a   Sanchez D ^a   Villanueva Gutierrez R ^a   Vandame, R ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cluster distribution; disperse distribution; foraging overlap; nesting site

Indexed keywords

ANGUSTULA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BORAGINACEAE; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; MORACEAE; OXYTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA MEXICANA; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA; TRIGONA FULVIVENTRIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; NESTING;

ANIMALS; BEES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864465895     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-011-0009-5     Document Type: Article

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