Genetic variation in natural honeybee populations, Apis mellifera capensis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 447-450

  Hepburn, Randall ^a   Neumann, Peter ^a,b   Radloff, Sarah E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; POPULATION GENETICS;

APICULTURE; APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BEES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 5344238196     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0556-2     Document Type: Article

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