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Estimating the density of honeybee colonies across their natural range to fill the gap in pollinator decline censuses.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Apr 2010
Jaffé Rodolfo, Dietemann Vincent, Allsopp Mike H, Costa Cecilia, Crewe Robin M, Dall'olio Raffaele, DE LA Rúa Pilar, El-Niweiri Mogbel A A, Fries Ingemar, Kezic Nikola, Meusel Michael S, Paxton Robert J, Shaibi Taher, Stolle Eckart, Moritz Robin F A
Abstract excerpt
Although pollinator declines are a global biodiversity threat, the demography of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) has not been considered by conservationists because it is biased by the activity of beekeepers. To fill this gap in pollinator decline censuses and to provide a broad picture of the current status of honeybees across their natural range, we used microsatellite genetic markers to estimate colony...
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