Effects of argentine ants on invertebrate biodiversity in northern California

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1242-1248

  Human, Kathleen G ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031413692     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96264.x     Document Type: Article

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