Bad company expands in highland areas: Overlapping distribution, floral resources and habitat suggest competition between invasive and native bumblebees

Bumblebees are key pollinators, but their global decline is being driven by factors such as invasive species. Bombus terrestris has invaded many countries, displacing and competing with native bumblebees for resources throughout many different habitats, which causes native populations to decline. In...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo M. Barahona-Segovia, Cecilia Smith-Ramírez, Vanesa Durán-Sanzana, Juan Carlos Huaranca, Patricio Pliscoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423002305