Estimating the potential range expansion and environmental impact of the invasive bee-hawking hornet, vespa velutina nigrithorax

In Silico Bees

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 269-287

  Villemant, Claire ^a   Muller, Franck ^a   Rome, Quentin ^a   Perrard, Adrien ^a   Barbet Massin, Morgane ^a   Jiguet, Frédéric ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Beekeeping; Invasive species; Native range; Niche modeling; Social hymenoptera; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958954728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16453     Document Type: Chapter

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