Role of early experience in ant enslavement: A comparative analysis of a host and a non-host species

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Blatrix, Rumsaïs ^a   Sermage, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALEPOXENUS MUELLERIANUS; FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX; MYRMOXENUS;

EID: 24344442861     PISSN: 17429994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-2-13     Document Type: Article

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