Response of red imported fire ant to magnetic fields in the nest environment

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Slowik, T J ^a,b   Thorvilson, H G ^a   Green, B L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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