Cuticular hydrocarbon cues in the formation and maintenance of insect social groups

Insect Hydrocarbons Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 244-253

  Greene, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 79955589341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711909.013     Document Type: Chapter

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