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Hitchhiking with the Vikings? The anthropogenic bumblebee fauna of Iceland - past and present

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  • 1. Independent Researcher, Denbigh, UK;
  • 2. Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland;
  • 3. The Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland

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Prŷs-Jones, Oliver E., Kristjánsson, Kristján, Ólafsson, Erling (2016): Hitchhiking with the Vikings? The anthropogenic bumblebee fauna of Iceland - past and present. Journal of Natural History 50: 2895-2916, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1234655, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1234655

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