Laboulbenia formicarum (ascomycota, laboulbeniales) reaches the Mediterranean

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-455

  Herraiz, J A ^a   Espadaler, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laboulbenia formicarum; Lasius neglectus; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; LABOULBENIA; LABOULBENIALES; LASIUS NEGLECTUS; TAMARIX GALLICA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 34447290472     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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