Pervasiveness of parasites in pollinators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Evison, Sophie E F ^a   Roberts, Katherine E ^a   Laurenson, Lynn ^b   Pietravalle, Stéphane ^b   Hui, Jeffrey ^c   Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^a,d   Smith, Judith E ^e   Budge, Giles ^b   Hughes, William O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOSPHAERA; ARTICLE; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSPORIDIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITE; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VESPULA VULGARIS; WASP; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; BEE; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ASCOSPHAERA; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; VESPULA VULGARIS; WOLBACHIA;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA, VIRAL; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT VIRUSES; PARASITES; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASPS;

EID: 84863071873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030641     Document Type: Article

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