The size of wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) and its implications for the conservation of honeybees

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,d   Kraus, F Bernhard ^b   Kryger, Per ^c,d   Crewe, Robin M ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; Apis; Colony; Drones; Microsatellite DNA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONY; HONEYBEE; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 35648968618     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9054-5     Document Type: Article

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