Native Prey and Invasive Predator Patterns of Foraging Activity: The Case of the Yellow-Legged Hornet Predation at European Honeybee Hives

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Monceau, Karine ^a   Arca, Mariangela ^b,c   Leprêtre, Lisa ^a   Mougel, Florence ^b,c   Bonnard, Olivier ^a   Silvain, Jean François ^b,c   Maher, Nevile ^a   Arnold, Gérard ^b,c   Thiéry, Denis ^a  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION; VESPA; VESPA VELUTINA; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; VESPA VELUTINA; VESPIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; WASPS;

EID: 84879135374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066492     Document Type: Article

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