Estimating colony number of Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queens foraging in Biratori, Hokkaido, Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Kokuvo, Nozomu ^a   Toquenaga, Yukihiko ^a   Goka, Koichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; Invasive alien species; Microsatellites; Shared Loci Correspondence Analysis; SLCA

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 45749093691     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.19     Document Type: Article

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