Spatial and temporal pattern of introduced Bombus terrestris abundance in Hokkaido, Japan, and its potential impact on native bumblebees

Population Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-82

  Inari, Naoki ^a   Nagamitsu, Teruyoshi ^b   Kenta, Tanaka ^a   Goka, Koichi ^c   Hiura, Tsutom ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus ardens; Bombus hypocrita; Chitose River Basin; Interspecies competition; Introduced species

Indexed keywords

BEE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; WORLD;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS ARDENS; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 20044368486     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0205-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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