Population structure and morphometric variance of the Apis mellifera scutellata group of honeybees in Africa

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 305-316

  Radloff, Sarah ^a   Hepburn, Randall ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VARIANCE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; MONTICOLA;

EID: 0033890764     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000200012     Document Type: Article

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