Antonio Torralba-Burrial
Transmitting the interest for biodiversity and conservation to those who have to transmit it to the next generations. Combining didactic resources with the scientific method to facilitate the construction of knowledge of the natural environment and experimental sciences; integrating the data with the necessary learning paths to generate and interpret them (science teacher education). Also working in environmental issues and zoology, mainly in aquatic (freshwater) ecology. Natural history collections are in my backgroung.
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Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo (Spain)
This profile is no longer updated; for news on my research use ResearchGate or Google Scholar
Address: Dr. Antonio TORRALBA BURRIAL
Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo (Spain)
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higher rate of introductions of animals and plants to new regions that they were not able to colonise unassisted. In
particular, a large number of Hymenoptera have become introduced, either deliberately (for crop pollination purposes or
pest control) or unintentionally. No global data are available, but a few regional examples may outline the size of the
problem: 286 hymenopteran species are known to have been introduced into Europe (Rasplus et al. 2010), 148 into New
Zealand (Landcare Research 2009), 35 into the Galápagos Islands (Causton et al. 2006) and 28 into the Canary Islands
(Báez & Oromí 2010).
The introduction of vespids has become relatively common worldwide: 33 species are known as introduced, with
Hawaii (15 species) and North America (8) as the main host regions (Beggs et al. 2011). Although some vespids have
been translocated from certain European countries to others (Rasplus et al. 2010), only one exotic vespid, Vespa velutina
Lepeletier, is known to have become established in Europe (Beggs et al. 2011).
higher rate of introductions of animals and plants to new regions that they were not able to colonise unassisted. In
particular, a large number of Hymenoptera have become introduced, either deliberately (for crop pollination purposes or
pest control) or unintentionally. No global data are available, but a few regional examples may outline the size of the
problem: 286 hymenopteran species are known to have been introduced into Europe (Rasplus et al. 2010), 148 into New
Zealand (Landcare Research 2009), 35 into the Galápagos Islands (Causton et al. 2006) and 28 into the Canary Islands
(Báez & Oromí 2010).
The introduction of vespids has become relatively common worldwide: 33 species are known as introduced, with
Hawaii (15 species) and North America (8) as the main host regions (Beggs et al. 2011). Although some vespids have
been translocated from certain European countries to others (Rasplus et al. 2010), only one exotic vespid, Vespa velutina
Lepeletier, is known to have become established in Europe (Beggs et al. 2011).