Floral Guilds of Bees in Sagebrush Steppe: Comparing Bee Usage of Wildflowers Available for Postfire Restoration

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 377-391

  Cane, James H ^a   Love, Byron ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Asteraceae; Great Basin; oligolecty; restoration

Indexed keywords

BEE; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; GRASS; GUILD; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDING; STEPPE; WILDFIRE;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; APOIDEA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ASTERACEAE; ASTRAGALUS FILIPES; BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA; LINUM LEWISII; LOMATIUM DISSECTUM; OSMIA; PENSTEMON SPECIOSUS; POACEAE;

EID: 84991721575     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.036.0405     Document Type: Article

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