The density of feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in South East Australia is greater in undisturbed than in disturbed habitats

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-413

  Hinson, Eloise M ^a   Duncan, Michael ^b   Lim, Julianne ^a   Arundel, Jonathan ^c   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

colony density; feral honey bees; microsatellite haplotypes; population size

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DISTURBANCE; ENTOMOLOGY; FERAL ORGANISM; GENETIC MARKER; HONEYBEE; PHEROMONE; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84928984114     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0334-x     Document Type: Article

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