Apis mellifera mellifera in eastern Europe - Morphometric variation and determination of its range limits

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Meixner, Marina D ^a   Worobik, Miroslaw ^b,c   Wilde, Jerzy ^c   Fuchs, Stefan ^b   Koeniger, Nikolaus ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera mellifera; Eastern Europe; Hybrid zone; Morphometry; Range limit

Indexed keywords

BEE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOTYPE; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; RANGE SIZE;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MACEDONICA;

EID: 34547481792     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006068     Document Type: Article

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