Competitive effects of the exotic Bombus terrestris on native bumble bees revealed by a field removal experiment

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Nagamitsu, Teruyoshi ^a   Yamagishi, Hiroki ^b   Kenta, Tanaka ^b,c   Inari, Naoki ^b   Kato, Etsushi ^b,d  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasion; Floral resources; Interception trap; Interspecific competition; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 72949113460     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0151-7     Document Type: Article

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