Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

BioControl

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-526

  Beggs, Jacqueline R ^a   Brockerhoff, Eckehard G ^b   Corley, Juan C ^c   Kenis, Marc ^d   Masciocchi, M ^c   Muller, Franck ^e   Rome, Quentin ^e   Villemant, Claire ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^d CABI   (Switzerland)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Insect invasions; Insect management; Invasive alien species; Polistes; Review; Vespa; Vespula

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUSOCIALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXIN; WASP;

AUSTRALIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; VESPA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA; VESPULA GERMANICA; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 80052225197     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9389-z     Document Type: Review

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