Africanized honey bees in urban environments: A spatio-temporal analysis

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-132

  Baum, Kristen A ^a   Tchakerian, Maria D ^b   Thoenes, Steven C ^c   Coulson, Robert N ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BeeMaster Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cross correlation; Feral colonies; Mantel test; Sonoran desert; Swarms

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HEALTH RISKS;

APIS MELLIFERA; CROSS-CORRELATION; FERAL COLONIES; MANTEL TEST; SONORAN DESERT; SWARMS;

URBAN PLANNING;

ABUNDANCE; COLONY; DESERT; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWARMING; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 40749102593     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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