Parasites in bloom: Flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1813, 2015, Pages

  Graystock, Peter ^a,c   Goulson, Dave ^b   Hughes, William O H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Disease vector; Honeybee; Host parasite interaction; Parasite transmission; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

BEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLLINATOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; BEE; CAMPANULACEAE; FLOWER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VIOLA;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BEES; CAMPANULACEAE; FLOWERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NOSEMA; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMATINA; VIOLA;

EID: 84938861397     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1371     Document Type: Article

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