Does the spatial distribution of the parasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni oud. (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in worker brood of honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) rely on an aggregative process?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 540-543

  Salvy, M ^a,b   Capowiez, Y ^a   Le Conte, Y ^a   Clement J L ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Laboratoire BIOVE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESOSTIGMATA; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0032716888     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050671     Document Type: Article

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