The Ecological Basis for Biogeographic Classification: An Example in Orchid Bees (Apidae: Euglossini)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 442-449

  Parra H, A ^a,b   Nates Parra, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; biogeography; community ecology; correspondence analysis; euglossine bees; SHE analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSINI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84869223137     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-012-0069-1     Document Type: Article

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