Spatial distribution of colonies of three carpenter ants, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus floridanus, Camponotus laevigatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-62

  Klotz, John H ^a   Greenberg, Les ^a   Reid, Byron L ^b   Davis Jr , Lloyd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Agricultural Research Service ^*  (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus floridanus; Camponotus laevigatus; Camponotus pennsylvanicus; Pest control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032366037     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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