Honey bee-native bee competition: Focal point for environmental change and apicultural response in Australia

Bee World

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-44

  Sugden, Evan A ^a,d   Thorp, Robin W ^b   Buchmann, Steven L ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Entomo Logic Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0030545975     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.1996.11099280     Document Type: Article

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