Low parasite loads accompany the invading population of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris in Tasmania

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-63

  Allen, G R ^a   Seeman, O D ^a,b   Schmid Hempel, P ^c   Buttermore, R E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Founder population; Genetic diversity; Introduction; Kuzinia; Mites

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROORGANISM; MITE; NEMATODE; PARASITISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; DUJARDIN; KUZINIA; KUZINIA LAEVIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33847661664     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0908-y     Document Type: Article

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