Biological impediments to measures of competition among introduced honey bees and desert bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 306-319

  Minckley, Robert L ^a   Cane, James H ^b   Kervin, Linda ^b   Yanega, Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiformes; Biodiversity; Conservation; Invasive species; Larrea; Oligolecty; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BEE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; POLLEN; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRIDENTATA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 0038363765     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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