Individual specialisation and encounters between harvester ant colonies

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 849-866

  Brown, Mark J F ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031492278     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00188     Document Type: Article

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