Multivariate morphometric analysis of the Apis cerana of China

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-353

  Tan, Ken ^a,d   Randall Hepburn, H ^b,d   Radloff, Sarah E ^b   Fuchs, Stefan ^c   Fan, Xian ^d   Zhang, Lianjiang ^d   Yang, Mingxian ^d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; China; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

BEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WORKER CASTE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

APIS CERANA; APOIDEA;

EID: 44449088010     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008014     Document Type: Article

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