Tunnels and territorial structure in polygyne fire ants, Solenopsis wagneri (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Zoologicheskii Zhurnal

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 921-922

  Zakharov, A A ^a   Tompson, L C ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 22444452443     PISSN: 00445134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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