Interactions between the introduced European honey bee and native bees in urban areas varies by year, habitat type and native bee guild

Interactions between the introduced European honey bee and native bees in urban areas varies by year, habitat type and native bee guild

European honey bees have been introduced across the globe and may compete with native bees for floral resources. Compounding effects of urbanization and introduced species on native bees are, however, unclear. Here, we investigated how honey bee abundance and foraging patterns related to those of na...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Prendergast, Kit, Dixon, Kingsley, Bateman, Bill
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2021
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Evolutionary Biology
Apis mellifera
Australia
competition
honey bees
interspecific competition
native bees
niche overlap
pollinators
urbanization
wild bees
APIS-MELLIFERA
REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS
FLORAL RESOURCES
BODY-SIZE
FORAGING STRATEGIES
SOLITARY BEES
PATCH SIZE
WILD BEES
COMPETITION
HYMENOPTERA
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87411

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