Preventing Bombus terrestris from escaping with a net covering over a tomato greenhouse in Hokkaido

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Yoneda, Masahiro ^a,e   Yokoyama, Jun ^b   Tsuchida, Koji ^c   Osaki, Tetsuya ^d   Itoya, Shin'ichiro ^d   Goka, Koichi ^e  

^a Api Company Limited Bee pollination Dept   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Biradori cho Tomato and Cucumber Section   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Ecological risk; Invasive alien species; Naturalization

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34249677443     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2007.39     Document Type: Article

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