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Multilevel selection and social evolution of insect societies

✍ Scribed by Judith Korb; Jürgen Heinze

Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
431 KB
Volume
91
Category
Article
ISSN
0028-1042

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