Richness, composition and trophic niche of stingless bee assemblages in urban forest remnants

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-541

  Antonini, Yasmine ^a   Martins, Rogério Parentoni ^b   Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura ^c   Loyola, Rafael Dias ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat loss; Landscape; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 84881373934     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0281-0     Document Type: Article

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