Microsatellite analysis reveals the spatial dynamics of Bombus humilis and Bombus sylvarum

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-221

  Connop, Stuart ^a   Hill, Tom ^a   Steer, Jonathan ^a   Shaw, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus humilis; Bombus sylvarum; Conservation; Foraging; Habitat management; Microsatellite; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960489638     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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