Biodiversity of ants at "evolution canyon," Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel

Israel Journal of Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 115-119

  Ofer, Y ^a   Harris, Y ^b   Beiles, A ^c   Nevo, E ^c  

^a Kibbutz Teaching College   (Israel)

^b Hareali High School   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecology; Formicidae; Israel; Microsite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346656194     PISSN: 00751243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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