Systematic melittology: Where to from here?

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-15

  Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENTOMOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 78651321230     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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