A model of the mite parasite, Varroa destructor, on honeybees (Apis mellifera) to investigate parameters important to mite population growth

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-275

  Wilkinson, D ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Model; Population dynamics; Sensitivity analysis; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROA JACOBSONI;

EID: 0036495723     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00440-9     Document Type: Article

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