Predicting the invasion risk by the alien bee-hawking Yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax across Europe and other continents with niche models

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2142-2150

  Villemant, Claire ^a   Barbet Massin, Morgane ^b   Perrard, Adrien ^a   Muller, Franck ^a   Gargominy, Olivier ^a   Jiguet, Frédéric ^b   Rome, Quentin ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Beekeeping; Invasive species; Native range; Niche modelling; Social hymenoptera; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENTOMOLOGY; HOME RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASP;

ASIA; FRANCE; SPAIN;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPA VELUTINA NIGRITHORAX; VESPIDAE;

EID: 79960917673     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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