Population structure of North African honey bees is influenced by both biological and anthropogenic factors

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 385-392

  Chahbar, Nora ^a   Muñoz, Irene ^b   Dall'Olio, Raffaele ^c   De la Rúa, Pilar ^b   Serrano, José ^b   Doumandji, Sallaheddine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c CRA API   (Italy)

^d Algeria 3INATAA University of Constatntine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Apis mellifera intermissa; Apis mellifera sahariensis; Conservation; Genetic structure; Microsatellite DNA; Mitocondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRION; PESTICIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ALGERIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA INTERMISSA; APIS MELLIFERA SAHARIENSIS;

EID: 84875053538     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9520-1     Document Type: Article

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