Suppression of Regeneration in New Zealand Mountain Beech Forests is Dependent on Species of Introduced Deer

Impacts of introduced common wasps (Vesp

Impacts of introduced common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) on experimentally placed mealworms in a New Zealand beech forest

✍ Kirsty Barr; Henrik Moller; Emma Christmas; Philip Lyver; Jacqueline Beggs 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 481 KB

An introduced social wasp Vespula vulgaris may compete with native birds for honeydew and invertebrates in New Zealand forests. Experimentally hidden mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) persisted longer at two sites following wasp poisoning that at two sites where wasps were not poisoned. Mealworms persist