Worldwide alien invasion: A methodological approach to forecast the potential spread of a highly invasive pollinator

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Acosta, André L ^a,c   Giannini, Tereza C ^a,b,c   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^a,b,c   Saraiva, Antonio M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^c Research Center on Biodiversity and Computing BioComp   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CROP; HABITAT; HUMAN; MODEL; MONITORING; POLLINATOR; SPECIES; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BEE; CLIMATE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BEES; CLIMATE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JAPAN; LATIN AMERICA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLLINATION;

EID: 84979055666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148295     Document Type: Article

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