Introduced honey bees increase host plant abundance but decrease native bumble bee species richness and abundance

Abstract Long‐term variation in the population density of introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera) has been shown to be associated with variations in floral traits in alpine lotus (Saussurea nigrescens). However, it remains to be determined whether a high density of honey bees affects the abundance of...

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Main Authors: Ruijun Su, Wenfei Dai, Yulian Yang, Xuelin Wang, Rui Gao, Mengying He, Chuan Zhao, Junpeng Mu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-06-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4085