Correlates of parasite load in bumblebees in an Alpine habitat

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-160

  Korner, Pius ^a,b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ecology and Evolution   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bombus; Crithidia; Egg development; Fat content; Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONOPIDAE; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI;

EID: 33845448568     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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