Predation pressure dynamics study of the recently introduced honeybee killer Vespa velutina: Learning from the enemy

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-221

  Monceau, Karine ^a,b   Maher, Nevile ^a,b   Bonnard, Olivier ^a,b   Thiéry, Denis ^a,b  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; invasive species; pest management; Vespidae; yellow legged hornet

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISPERSION; ENTOMOLOGY; HONEYBEE; HUMIDITY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; WASP;

FRANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VESPA; VESPA VELUTINA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 84878277695     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-012-0172-7     Document Type: Article

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