Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

BioControl - 2011
Jacqueline R. Beggs1, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff2, Juan C. Corley3, Marc Kenis4, Maité Masciocchi3, Franck Müller5, Quentin Rome5, Claire Villemant5
1Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
2Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), Christchurch, New Zealand
3CONICET, Grupo de Ecologia de Insectos, INTA EEA Bariloche, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina
4CABI Europe-Switzerland, Delemont, Switzerland
5Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205 OSEB, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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