Hybridization between European and African-derived honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) at different altitudes in Perú

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-225

  Quezada Euán, J Javier G ^a   Pérez Castro, Eleazar E ^b   May Itzá, William De J ^a  

^a Depto Apicultura Fac Med V   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Africanization; Apis mellifera; Hybridization; Morphometrics; mtDNA; Peru

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; HONEYBEE; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOMETRY;

PERU;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037984419     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003010     Document Type: Article

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