Simple Summary Hornets of the genus Vespa and honey bees are the main characters of a
coevolutionary arms race that is made evident by the conspicuous number of reciprocal …

Hornets are large, predatory wasps that have the potential to alter biotic communities and
harm honey bee colonies once established in non-native locations. Mated, diapausing …

The Asian giant hornet (AGH, Vespa mandarinia) is the world's largest hornet, occurring
naturally in the Indomalayan region, where it is a voracious predator of pollinating insects …

Complex biotic networks of invaders and their new environments pose immense challenges
for researchers aiming to predict current and future occupancy of introduced species. This …

Biological invasions have ecological impacts worldwide with potential massive economic
costs. Among other ecosystem services such as nitrogen cycle, carbon sequestration and …

The Asian yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, is native to Southeast Asia.
However, it has invaded many countries in temperate regions, causing serious threats to …

Invasion of alien species facilitated by climate change and human assistant is one of global
threats that cause irreversible damages on the local flora and fauna. One of these issued …

A false mussel Mytilopsis sallei has caused serious ecological and economic losses after
invading in China. In this research, we first assessed the niche differentiation between its …

Studies that question important conceptual and methodological aspects of the field of
ecological niche modeling (and species distribution modeling) have cast doubts on whether …

Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852 is a semi-specialized predator of other social Hymenoptera
and one of the two largest species of Vespa. Several individuals of this predatory wasp were …