Movement and phenology of bees in a subtropical Australian agricultural landscape

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-464

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a   Schellhorn, Nancy A ^a   Marcora, Anna ^a   Batley, Michael ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Body size; Ecotone; Foraging; Habitat; Nesting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY SIZE; ECOTONE; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; MOVEMENT; NESTING; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HOMALICTUS; URBANUS;

EID: 84877922336     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02432.x     Document Type: Article

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