Orchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: Does farm size affect their abundance?

The potential of Euglossini bees, especially Euglossa, as biological indicators of organic vs non-organic coffee farms was studied in Atenas and San Isidro, Alajuela, Costa Rica using 1.8-cineole as lure. Observations were made for three days at each of four farms and complemented with data from a y...

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Main Authors: Ingemar Hedström, Andrew Denzel, Gareth Owens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2006-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442006000300029&lng=en&tlng=en

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