Social insects and the exploitation of food sources concluding thoughts

Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 323-330

  Jarau, Stefan ^a   Hrncir, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420075618     Document Type: Chapter

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