Rapid ecological replacement of a native bumble bee by invasive species

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 529-534

  Morales, Carolina L ^a   Arbetman, Marina P ^a,b   Cameron, Sydney A ^c   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional del Comahue CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; POLLINATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVEY;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

ALSTROEMERIA AUREA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS DAHLBOMII; BOMBUS RUDERATUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84890346904     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120321     Document Type: Article

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