Turnover in bee species composition and functional trait distributions between seasons in a tropical agricultural landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 211, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-194

  Samnegård, Ulrika ^a   Hambäck, Peter A ^a   Eardley, Connal ^b,c   Nemomissa, Sileshi ^d   Hylander, Kristoffer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Functional trait; Pollinator; Spatial pattern; Temporal dynamic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; FOREST COVER; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; POLLINATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

ETHIOPIA;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84934963121     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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