Bumble bee fauna of Palouse Prairie: Survey of native bee pollinators in a fragmented ecosystem

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hatten, T D ^a   Looney, C ^b   Strange, J P ^c   Bosque Perez N A ^d  

^a Invertebrate Ecology Inc   (United States)

^b Washington State Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bombus; Diversity; Grasslands; Habitat fragmentation; Idaho; Landscape context; Pitfall traps; Remnants; Washington

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); CARABIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POLLINATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; IDAHO; MALE; POLLINATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84879218261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.013.2601     Document Type: Article

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