Microsatellite Analysis of Museum Specimens Reveals Historical Differences in Genetic Diversity between Declining and More Stable Bombus Species

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Kevin Maebe ,

* E-mail: kevin.maebe@ugent.be (KM); guy.smagghe@ugent.be (GS)

Affiliation Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, Ghent, Belgium
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Ivan Meeus,

Affiliation Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, Ghent, Belgium
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Maarten Ganne,

Affiliation Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, Ghent, Belgium
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Thibaut De Meulemeester,

Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Koos Biesmeijer,

Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Guy Smagghe

* E-mail: kevin.maebe@ugent.be (KM); guy.smagghe@ugent.be (GS)

Affiliation Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, Ghent, Belgium
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