Multivariate analysis of honeybees, Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the northeastern and southern regions of Algeria

African Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Barour, C ^a   Tahar, A ^a   Radloff, S E ^b   Hepburn, H R ^b  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Algeria; Apis mellifera intermissa; Ecological climatological zones; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 18144400061     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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