Determinants of spatial distribution in a bee community: Nesting resources, flower resources, and body size

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Torne ́Noguera, Anna ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^a,b   Arnan, Xavier ^a,c   Osorio, Sergio ^a   Barril Graells, Helena ^a   Da Rocha Filho, Léo Correia ^d   Bosch, Jordi ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCRUB; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BEES; BODY SIZE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901265060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097255     Document Type: Article

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