Invasion of the dwarf honeybee Apis florea into the near East

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1093-1099

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a   Haddad, Nizar ^b   Bataieneh, Ahmed ^b   Shalmon, Benny ^c   Hefetz, Abraham ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b National Centre for Agricultural Research and Extension   (Jordan)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Apis mellifera; Aqaba; Eilat; Invasion; Microsatellite DNA

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HONEYBEE; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

ASIA;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 77952251115     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9527-z     Document Type: Article

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