A morphometric analysis of Apis cerana F and Apis nigrocincta Smith populations from Southeast Asia

Apidologie

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 309-323

  Damus, M S ^a,b   Otis, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis nigrocincta; Honey bees; Morphometrics; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CAVITY-NESTING HONEYBEE; HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATOON; MORPHPMETRICS;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

APIDAE; APIS CERANA; APIS NIGROCINCTA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031451741     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970507     Document Type: Article

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