Stress-mediated Allee effects can cause the sudden collapse of honey bee colonies

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2017.03.009zbMath1370.92127OpenAlexW2592912991WikidataQ47957356 ScholiaQ47957356MaRDI QIDQ2402528

Yoh Iwasa, Dylan Z. Childs, James A. R. Marshall, Ross D. Booton

Publication date: 8 September 2017

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/114095/1/Manuscript_2.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

saddle-node bifurcationpopulation dynamicsAllee effectscolony collapse disorderhoney bees

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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Cites Work

• A mathematical model of the honeybee -- \textit{Varroa destructor} -- acute bee paralysis virus system with seasonal effects
• Modeling colony collapse disorder in honeybees as a contagion

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