Spatial aggregation of phoretic mites on Bombus atratus and Bombus opifex (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 579-589

  Revainera, Pablo ^a   Lucia, Mariano ^b,c   Abrahamovich, Alberto Horacio ^b,c   Maggi, Matias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c CONICET Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

aggregation; bumblebees; phoretic mites

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEE; CASTE; HOST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; NEST; PHORESY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84906219628     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0275-4     Document Type: Article

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