Interspecific interactions among Asian honeybees

Honeybees of Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 445-471

  Yang, Ming Xian ^a,b   Tan, Ken ^c   Radloff, Sarah E ^a   Hepburn, H R ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84920129941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16422-4_19     Document Type: Chapter

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