Foraging interactions between native and exotic bumblebees: Enclosure experiments using native flowering plants

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-130

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

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Bombus terrestris; Competition; Foraging; Nectar standing crop

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NATIVE SPECIES; NECTAR;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM KAMTSCHATICUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34147161346     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9025-x     Document Type: Article

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