Trade-off between survival and male reproduction in varroa destructor infested honeybee colonies (apis mellifera)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Kraus, F B ^a   Buchler R ^b   Siede, R ^b   Berg, S ^c   Moritz, R F A ^d  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b Landesbetrieb für Landwirtschaft   (Germany)

^c Fachzentrum Bienen   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Host parasite co evolution; Microsatellites; Trade off; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COLONY STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GENETIC MARKER; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; MITE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 38049101400     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2007.9522550     Document Type: Article

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