Evaluating bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity using Malaise traps in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-453

  Ngo, H T ^a   Gibbs, J ^b   Griswold, T ^c   Packer, L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AUTOGAMY; BEE; COFFEE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84880480925     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2013.16     Document Type: Article

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