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Estimating body size in the large carpenter bees (Xylocopa)
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- 1. Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA & Corresponding author: (mostwald@ucsb.edu)
- 2. Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA & (ryanhirokawa@ucsb.edu)
- 3. Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA & (cms599@ucsb.edu)
- 4. Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA & (sheccid@ucsb.edu)
- 5. Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA & (seltmann@ucsb.edu)
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Ostwald, Madeleine M., Hirokawa, Ryan, Smith, Colleen, Trasvina, Sheccid Rivas, Seltmann, Katja C. (2025): Estimating body size in the large carpenter bees (Xylocopa). Journal of Melittology 2025 (125): 1-14, DOI: 10.17161/jom.vi124.23025
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