H. Randall Hepburn,
Sarah E. Radloff
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
0e druk, 2010
9783642083891
Honeybees of Africa
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Paperback, 370 blz.
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Engels
Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
2010
ISBN13: 9783642083891
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A comprehensive review of the honeybees of Africa on a subspecies as well as by country basis. Includes an updated multivariate analysis of the subspecies based on the merger of the Ruttner database (Oberursel) and that of Hepburn & Radloff (Grahamstown) for nearly 20,000 bees. Special emphasis is placed on natural zones of hybridisation and introgression of different populations; seasonal cycles of development in different ecological-climatological zones of the continent; swarming, migration and absconding; and an analysis of the bee flora of the continent. The text is supplemented by tables containing quantitative data on all aspects of honeybee biology, and by continental and regional maps.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783642083891
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:370
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:0
Inhoudsopgave
1 Biogeographical Perspective.- 2 Classification of Honeybees.- 3 Populations: Forms of Measurement.- 4 Introgression and Hybridisation in Natural Populations.- 5 Swarming, Migration and Absconding.- 6 Mating and Fecundity.- 7 Properties of Honeybee Nests.- 8 Intraspecific and Interspecific Conflicts.- 9 Colony Defense.- 10 Flight and Foraging.- 11 Seasonal Cycles of the Honeybee Colonies.- References.- Taxonomic Index.- Geopolitical Index.