Impact of introduced honey bees on native pollination interactions of the endemic Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae) on Tenerife, Canary Islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-311

  Dupont, Yoko L ^a   Hansen, Dennis M ^a   Valido, Alfredo ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Conservation; Disruption of native mutualisms; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POLLINATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM WILDPRETII; HEXAPODA;

EID: 1842867076     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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