Colony collapse disorder: A descriptive study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  vanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^a,b   Evans, Jay D ^d   Saegerman, Claude ^c   Mullin, Chris ^b   Haubruge, Eric ^c   Nguyen, Bach Kim ^c   Frazier, Maryann ^b   Frazier, Jim ^b   Cox Foster, Diana ^b   Chen, Yanping ^d   Underwood, Robyn ^b   Tarpy, David R ^e   Pettis, Jeffery S ^d  

^a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; COUMAFOS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BODY MASS; COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFESTATION; INSECT DISEASE; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECT SOCIETY; INSECT VIRUS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; KASHMIR BEE VIRUS; MACROPARASITE; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTON; MITE; MITOTYPE; MIXED INFECTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 68149116255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006481     Document Type: Article

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