Biogeography of the dwarf honeybees, Apis andreniformis and Apis florea

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Hepburn, H Randall ^a   Radloff, Sarah E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis andreniformis; Apis florea; Biogeography; Southern asia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ASIA;

APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 80054685191     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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