Reproductive disturbance risks to indigenous Japanese bumblebees from introduced Bombus terrestris

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Tsuchida, Koji ^a   Kondo, Natsuko Ito ^b   Inoue, Maki N ^b   Goka, Koichi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus terrrestris; Hybridization; Invasive species; Reproductive disturbance

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS HYPOCRITA HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA SAPPOROENSIS; BOMBUS IGNITUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 77953887598     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.49     Document Type: Article

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