Human-induced disturbance alters pollinator communities in tropical mountain forests

Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Kambach, Stephan ^a   Guerra, Fernando ^b   Beck, Stephan G ^c   Hensen, Isabell ^a   Schleuning, Matthias ^a,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic fires; Apiformes; Biodiversity; Body size; Bolivian andes; Human disturbance; Insect pollinators; Lepidoptera; Rain forest; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; DEFORESTATION; FIRE; MONTANE FOREST; POLLINATOR; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

APOIDEA; FILICOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84878360842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d5010001     Document Type: Article

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