Bumble bee nest abundance, foraging distance, and host-plant reproduction: Implications for management and conservation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 768-778

  Geib, Jennifer C ^a,c   Strange, James P ^b   Galen, Andace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystem; Bombus spp.; Bumble bees; Colony density; Colorado; Density dependence; Foraging range; Host plant fecundity; Pennsylvania mountain; Pollination services; Pollinator monitoring; Spatial distribution; Trifolium dasyphyllum; Trifolium parryi; USA

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEE; COLONY FOUNDING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOST PLANT; NATIVE SPECIES; NEST; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS BALTEATUS; BOMBUS BIFARIUS; BOMBUS FLAVIFRONS; SYLVICOLA; TRIFOLIUM DASYPHYLLUM; TRIFOLIUM PARRYI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; BEE; CLOVER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 85047699738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0151.1     Document Type: Article

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