Tracking an invasive honey bee pest: Mitochondrial DNA variation in North American small hive beetles

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Evans, Jay D ^a   Pettis, Jeff S ^a   Hood, W Michael ^b   Shimanuki, Hachiro ^a  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Invasive pest; mtDNA; Nitidulidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; PEST SPECIES; TRACKING;

AETHINA; AETHINA TUMIDA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0037361951     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003004     Document Type: Article

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