Why are African honey bees and not European bees invasive? Pollen diet diversity in community experiments

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-491

  Villanueva G , Rogel ^a   Roubik, David W ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Competition; Diet diversity; Invasive species; Niche use; Pollen

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIET; HONEYBEE; POLLEN; RESOURCE USE;

WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644303470     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004041     Document Type: Article

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