Diversity in the genus Apis
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Diversity in the genus Apis
(Westview studies in insect biology)
Westview Press, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Our view of apis has changed radically in the past few years as a result of recent research on the Asian honeybee. The contributors to this book focus on systematics, genetics, behaviour and ecology to offer a synthesis for understanding this economically and scientifically important genus.
Table of Contents
- A comparative morphological and behavioural analysis of cladistic relationships among the species of "apis", Byron Alexander
- "apis" and the relationships of the tribes of apidae, Michael Prentice
- the use of ribosomal DNA analysis in apid systematics, Walter S. Sheppard and Bruce McPheron
- allozyme diversity in apis mellifera, Jean-Marie Cornuet
- allozyme diversity in South-East Asian apis, Gard Otis and Y.Y. Gan
- mitochondrial DNA and honeybee biogeography, Deborah Roan Smith
- interspecific diversity in the honeybee dance language, Fred C. Dyer
- energetics, colony size and worker tempo in Asian honeybees, F.C. Dyer and Thomas Seeley.
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