The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-248

  Threlfall, Caragh G ^a   Walker, Ken ^b   Williams, Nicholas S G ^a,c   Hahs, Amy K ^c   Mata, Luis ^d,e   Stork, Nigel ^f   Livesley, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bees; Pollinators; Urban ecology; Urban landscapes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; GREENSPACE; HONEYBEE; NATIVE SPECIES; NEIGHBORHOOD; NESTING; POLLINATOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLLETIDAE; HALICTIDAE; HOMALICTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84930194135     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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