Persistence of the Landes ecotype of Apis mellifera mellifera in southwest France: Confirmation of a locally adaptive annual brood cycle trait

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-267

  Strange, James P ^a   Garnery, Lionel ^b,c   Sheppard, Walter S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Annual colony cycle; Apis mellifera mellifera; Conservation biology; Ecotype; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; ECOTYPE; IMPORT; INTROGRESSION; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AQUITAINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANDES; WESTERN EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 34547443890     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007012     Document Type: Article

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