Comparative trapping efficiency to characterize bee abundance, diversity, and community composition in apple orchards

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 785-799

  Joshi, Neelendra K ^a   Leslie, Timothy ^b   Rajotte, Edwin G ^a   Kammerer, Melanie A ^a   Otieno, Mark ^a,c   Biddinger, David J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Embu   (Kenya)

Author keywords

bee; monitoring; pan trap; pollinator; vane trap

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEE; BIOMONITORING; ORCHARD; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TRAPPING;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; AUGOCHLORA PURA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS VAGANS; CERATINA CALCARATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84983103388     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/sav057     Document Type: Article

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