Food niche overlap among neotropical carpenter bees (hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) in an agricultural system

Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-288

  Carvalho, D M ^a   Aguiar, C M L ^a   Santos, G M M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bee plant network; Carpenter bees; Temporal activity; Trophic niches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887870550     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i3.283-288     Document Type: Article

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