Geographic variation in Apis cerana indica F.: A spatial autocorrelation analysis of morphometric patterns

dc.contributor.authorDiniz-Filho, José Alexandre Felizola [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMalaspina, Osmar [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPignata, Maria Izabel Barnez [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:53:56Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:53:56Z
dc.date.issued1993-01-01
dc.description.abstractSpatial patterns of morphometric variation in Apis cerana indica were analysed. Factor and spatial autocorrelation analyses were applied to 29 characters, measured in 17 populations in India. Correlograms showed that 15 characters are patterned geographically, and 13 of them are related to overall size. These characters are distributed as a north-south cline, probably reflecting adaptations to environmental conditions. However, the great number of characteristics without geographical pattern suggests that part of the morphometric variability is due to local stochastic divergences. © 1993 International Bee Research Association.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Biologia Institute de Biociências-UNESP, CR 199, Rio Clara, Sao Paulo, CEP: 13506-900
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Biologia Institute de Biociências-UNESP, CR 199, Rio Clara, Sao Paulo, CEP: 13506-900
dc.format.extent65-72
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1993.11101289
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Apicultural Research, v. 32, n. 2, p. 65-72, 1993.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00218839.1993.11101289
dc.identifier.issn2078-6913
dc.identifier.issn0021-8839
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0027137969
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/223952
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Apicultural Research
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectApis cerana
dc.subjectBiological surfaces
dc.subjectClines
dc.subjectFactor analysis
dc.subjectGeographic variation
dc.subjectHoney bees
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectMorphometrics
dc.subjectMultivariate analysis
dc.subjectSpatial autocorrelation
dc.subjectZoogeography
dc.titleGeographic variation in Apis cerana indica F.: A spatial autocorrelation analysis of morphometric patternsen
dc.typeArtigo

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