Environmental Impact of Exotic Bees Introduced for Crop Pollination

Bee Pollination in Agricultural Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vergara, Carlos H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

African honey bee; Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Bumble bees; Exotic bees; Introduced crop pollinators; Native pollinators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195316957.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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