Modelling estimates of honey bee (Apis spp.) colony density from drones

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 267, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Arundel, Jonathan ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Winter, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Apis mellifera; Drone congregation areas; Feral colonies; Honey bee; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; APIS MELLIFERA; DRONE CONGREGATION AREAS; FERAL COLONIES; HONEY BEE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FOOD PRODUCTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TARGET DRONES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COLONY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84882790354     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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