The morphometric affinities of Apis cerana of the Hindu Kush and Himalayan regions of western Asia

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Radloff, Sarah E ^a   Hepburn, Randall ^a   Fuchs, Stefan ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Institut fur Bienenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Honeybees; Morphoclusters; Western Asia

Indexed keywords

BEE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; WORLD;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 17644375889     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004066     Document Type: Article

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