A Comparison of Ground and Canopy Leaf Litter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Neotropicalmontane Forest

Psyche (New York)

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages 81-93

  Longino, John T ^a   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^b  

^a Allyn Museum of Entomology   (United States)

^b MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS   (United States)

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EID: 0002157556     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1990/36505     Document Type: Article

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