Nest architecture and population dynamics of the ponerinae ant, Ectatomma opaciventre Roger (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)

Journal of Advanced Zoology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 64-71

  Antonialli Junior, William Fernando ^a   Giannotti, Edilberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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