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Apidologie
Volume 36, Number 1, January-March 2005
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| Page(s) | 25 - 30 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2004066 | |
| Published online | 31 January 2005 | |
Apidologie 36 (2005) 25-30
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004066
a Department of Statistics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
b Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
c Institut für Bienenkunde, 61440 Oberursel, Germany
(Received 30 April 2002; Revised 21 May 2004; Accepted 28 May 2004; Published online: 31 January 2005)
Key words: Apis cerana / honeybees / morphoclusters / western Asia
Corresponding author: Sarah E. Radloff s.radloff@ru.ac.za
© INRA, EDP Sciences, DIB, AGIB 2005
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004066
The morphometric affinities of Apis cerana of the Hindu Kush and Himalayan regions of western Asia
Sarah E. Radloffa, Randall Hepburnb and Stefan Fuchsca Department of Statistics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
b Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
c Institut für Bienenkunde, 61440 Oberursel, Germany
(Received 30 April 2002; Revised 21 May 2004; Accepted 28 May 2004; Published online: 31 January 2005)
Abstract - A multivariate morphometric analysis of Apis cerana populations of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan and Pakistan and of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in India revealed two statistically distinct morphoclusters, a Hindu Kush/Kashmir group and a Himachal Pradesh group. High intercolonial variances at three localities are associated with regions of major climatic zone change, hence ecological instability.
Key words: Apis cerana / honeybees / morphoclusters / western Asia
Corresponding author: Sarah E. Radloff s.radloff@ru.ac.za
© INRA, EDP Sciences, DIB, AGIB 2005