Survey of bumble bee (Bombus) pathogens and parasites in Illinois and selected areas of northern California and southern Oregon

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-224

  Kissinger, Christina N ^a   Cameron, Sydney A ^a   Thorp, Robbin W ^b   White, Brendan ^c   Solter, Leellen F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Oregon Fish   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conopidae; Crithidia bombi; Locustacarus buchneri; Microsporidia; Nosema bombi; Parasitoids; Phoretic mites; Protozoans; Tracheal mites

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CRITHIDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIA; MITE; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; BEES; CALIFORNIA; CRITHIDIA; ILLINOIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MITES; NOSEMA; OREGON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; BOMBUS (GENUS); CONOPIDAE; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; LOCUSTACARUS BUCHNERI; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79961025159     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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