Seed pool of anthills as the result of seed flow on formica polyctena fabr. territories in a broadleaved forest

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Gorb, S N ^a   Gorb, E V ^b  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

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