Neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants
โ Scribed by Deborah M. Gordon; Diane Wagner
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 109
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0029-8549
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