Inbreeding in the introduced Bumblebee Bombus terrestris causes uncertainty in predictions of impacts on native ecosystems

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-153

  Hingston, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feral animal control; Genetic issues; Invasive species; Social hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INBREEDING;

ANIMALIA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 23744510285     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2005.230-8.x     Document Type: Article

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