Decline of nest site availability and nest density of underground bees along a distance gradient from human settlements

Entomological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-178

  Xie, Zhenghua ^a   Qiu, Jianshen ^a,b   Chen, Xiaoming ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Guizhou Academy of Forestry   (China)

Author keywords

Andrena camelliaWu; Anthropogenic soil disturbance; Bee abundance; Nesting substrates

Indexed keywords

ANTHOPHORINAE; APOIDEA; CAMELLIA;

EID: 84875822611     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ens.12009     Document Type: Article

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