Local-scale factors structure wild bee communities in protected areas

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 998-1008

  Murray, Tomás E ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Úna ^c,d   Byrne, Andrew ^c,e   Fealy, Réamonn ^e   Brown, Mark J F ^c,f   Paxton, Robert J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Ireland   (Ireland)

^e Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Biodiversity; Community structure; Hierarchical diversity partitioning; Insect conservation; Semi natural habitats; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURNOVER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84866531792     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02175.x     Document Type: Article

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