Territorialité et agressivité intra- Et interspécifique dans les mosaïques de fourmis arboricoles Intra- and interspecific aggressiveness and territorialky in arboricolous ant mosaics

Annee Biologique

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 149-168

  Mercier, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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EID: 33845265681     PISSN: 00035017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-5017(00)87666-7     Document Type: Article

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