Diversity in the genus Apis

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Diversity in the genus Apis

edited by Deborah Roan Smith

(Westview studies in insect biology)

Westview Press, 1991

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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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Details

  • NCID
    BA13489530
  • ISBN
    • 081338057X
  • LCCN
    90043610
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boulder
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 265 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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