Adaptive traits of Turkish honeybee subspecies in response to climate A survey and a test of niche overlap

2016-09-01

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M. Kükrer and C. C. Bilgin, “Adaptive traits of Turkish honeybee subspecies in response to climate A survey and a test of niche overlap,” Ankara, Türkiye, 2016, p. 29, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://eebst.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EEBST2016_Abstract_Book.pdf.