Abundance, body size, and morphology of bumblebees in an area where an exotic species, Bombus terrestris, has colonized in Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-341

  Nagamitsu, Teruyoshi ^a   Kenta, Tanaka ^b   Inari, Naoki ^c   Kato, Etsushi ^c   Hiura, Tsutom ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Bombus terrestris; Competition; Landscape; Window trap

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; ISHIKARI; JAPAN;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 33847376075     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0029-5     Document Type: Article

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