Morphometric and pheromonal analyses of Apis mellifera L along a transect from the Sahara to the Pyrenees

Apidologie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-45

  Hepburn, H R ^a   Radloff, S E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Morphometrics; N Africa; Pheromone; Population genetics; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010496443     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19960105     Document Type: Article

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