Genetic structure of a giant honey bee (Apis dorsata) population in northern Thailand: Implications for conservation

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-44

  Rattanawannee, Atsalek ^a   Chanchao, Chanpen ^a   Lim, Julianne ^b   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^c   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Apis dorsata; Colony aggregation; Conservation; Genetic variation; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872782462     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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