Does the introduced bumblebee, Bombus terrestris (Apidae), prefer flowers of introduced or native plants in Australia?

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Hingston, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APIDAE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 17444416708     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO04048     Document Type: Article

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