Modulation of pheromone trail strength with food quality in Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis
✍ Scribed by Duncan E. Jackson; Nicolas Châline
- Book ID
- 113451128
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-3472
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