The population genetic structure of a large temperate pollinator species, Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-398

  Widmer, A ^a   Schmid Hempel, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROSATELLITE LOCUS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032936486     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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