A preliminary study of the epidemiological factors related to honey bee colony loss in Spain

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-250

  Higes, Mariano ^a   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^a   Martínez Salvador, Amparo ^b   Garrido Bailón, Encarna ^a   González Porto, Amelia Virginia ^a   Meana, Aránzazu ^c   Bernal, José Luis ^d   del Nozal, Maria Jesús ^d   Bernal, José ^d,e  

^a JCCM   (Spain)

^b TRAGSA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 78649701010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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