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Creator:: Kimoto, Chiho, DeBano, Sandra J., Thorp, Robbin W., Taylor, Robert V., Schmalz, Heidi, DelCurto, Timothy, Johnson, Tracey, Kennedy, Patricia L., and Rao, Sujaya
Abstract:: Rangelands are significant providers of ecosystem services in agroecosystems world‐wide. Yet few studies have investigated how different intensities of livestock grazing impact one important provider of these ecosystem services—native bees. We conducted the first large‐scale manipulative study on the effect of a gradient of livestock grazing intensities on native bees...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , USA (Fig. 1A). Located at an elevation of 1,100–1,700 m, the Preserve receives a mean annual precip

Creator:: Kimoto, Chiho
Abstract:: Native bees play an important role as pollinators of natural vegetation and agricultural crops. Yet many pollinators, including some native bees, are declining in numbers. Some of the potential causes of these declines are habitat destruction and degradation by various human land uses, including urban development and sprawl, construction of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sampled in June 2007), b) map showing stocking levels for each 40 ha pasture (H-high, M-medium, L-low

Creator:: Kimoto, Chiho, DeBano, Sandra J., Thorp, Robbin W., Rao, Sujaya, and Stephen, William P.
Abstract:: Native bees are important ecologically and economically because their role as pollinators fulfills a vital ecosystem service. Pollinators are declining due to various factors, including habitat degradation and destruction. Grasslands, an important habitat for native bees, are particularly vulnerable. One highly imperiled and understudied grassland type in the United States...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: northeastern Oregon. Because of its moderately high elevation (> 1500 m), short growing season (< 150 days

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