Factors Affecting the Nesting Success of the Large Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa californica arizonensis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 1978 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Environmental Entomology, volume 7, pages 614-616 (issn: 0046-225X, eissn: 1938-2936,

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Authors: Walter E. Smith; Walter G. Whitford;

doi: 10.1093/ee/7.4.614

Factors Affecting the Nesting Success of the Large Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa californica arizonensis

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The nesting success of Xylocopa californica arizonensis Cresson (Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae) is determined primarily by the availability of pollen and nectar and by the presence of a source of nest substrate. X. c. arizonensis appears to depend upon the pollen of Larrea tridentata or Prosopis spp. for larval food, when it is available. Predators, parasites and nest competitors are relatively unimportant in limiting nesting success.

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