Morphological study of honeybees (apis mellifera) from libya

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Shaibi, Taher ^a   Fuchs, Stefan ^b   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; RELICT SPECIES; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 67650468170     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2008068     Document Type: Article

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