A transmission right-of-way as habitat for wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1110-1120

  Wagner, David L ^a   Ascher, John S ^b,c   Bricker, Nelson K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bumble bee decline; Early successional community; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

BEE; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POWER LINE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CONNECTICUT; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84908609932     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN14001     Document Type: Article

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