Competition between honeybees (Apis mellifera) and native solitary bees in the Mediterranean region of Israel-implications for conservation

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-183

  Shavit, Ofrit ^a   Dafni, Amots ^a   Ne'Eman, Gidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; Honeybee; Mediterranean; Native bees

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HONEYBEE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 71049182262     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.57.3.171     Document Type: Article

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