Spatial distribution of Vespa velutina individuals hunting at domestic honeybee hives: Heterogeneity at a local scale

Insect Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 765-774

  Monceau, Karine ^a,b,c   Bonnard, Olivier ^a,b   Moreau, Jérôme ^c   Thiéry, Denis ^a,b  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Capture mark recapture; Learning; Predation; Vespidae; Yellow legged hornet

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; VESPA VELUTINA; VESPIDAE;

ANIMAL; BEE; ECOLOGY; FRANCE; LEARNING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PROCEDURES; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECOLOGY; FRANCE; LEARNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 84922827573     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12090     Document Type: Article

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