Pollinator nesting guilds respond differently to urban habitat fragmentation in an oak-savannah ecosystem

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-66

  Neame, Lisa A ^a   Griswold, Terry ^b   Elle, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Biodiversity; Habitat fragmentation; Nesting guilds; Oak savannah ecosystem; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872779861     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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