Obtaining a better taxonomic understanding of native bees: Where do we start?

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 645-653

  Gonzalez, Victor H ^a,b   Griswold, Terry ^c   Engel, Michael S ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; NATIVE SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84883560258     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12029     Document Type: Article

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