The Status of Bombus occidentalis and B. moderatus in Alaska with Special Focus on Nosema bombi Incidence

Northwest Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-220

  Koch, Jonathan B ^a   Strange, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arctic pollinator; Bombus; bumble bees; conservation; species distribution

Indexed keywords

BEE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PATHOGEN; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS MODERATUS; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; HYMENOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI;

EID: 84865486883     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.086.0306     Document Type: Article

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