Feral honey bees in pine forest landscapes of east Texas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 91-102

  Coulson, Robert N ^a   Pinto, M Alice ^b   Tchakerian, Maria D ^a   Baum, Kristen A ^c   Rubink, William L ^d,e   Johnston, J Spencer ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera scutellata; Feral honey bees; Forest landscape structure; Mitotype diversity

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); URBAN PLANNING;

APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; FERAL HONEY BEES; FOREST LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MITOTYPE DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HONEYBEE; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CITIES; DATA BASES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PINUS; PLANNING; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL FOREST; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 24944484531     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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