Population dynamics of the Cape bee phenomenon: The impact of parasitic laying worker clones in apiaries and natural populations

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-244

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apiculture; Apis mellifera capensis; Biodiversity; Cape honeybee; Parasitic worker; Population model

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMAL CASTE; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCULATION; CLONE; EGG LAYING; HONEYBEE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036245214     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002002     Document Type: Article

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