Extreme effects of season on the foraging activities and colony productivity of a stingless bee (Melipona asilvai Moure, 1971) in northeast Brazil

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Do Nascimento, Daniela Lima ^a   Nascimento, Fabio Santos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 84863656821     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/267361     Document Type: Article

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