Limited direct effects of a massive wildfire on its sagebrush steppe bee community

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 317-326

  Love, Byron G ^a,b   Cane, James H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Disturbance; Great Basin; Insects; Sagebrush steppe

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEE; DISTURBANCE; FLOWERING; GUILD; HERB; MORTALITY; NESTING; POLLEN; SEX RATIO; STEPPE; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84959923254     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12304     Document Type: Article

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