Towards a better understanding of the evolution of specialized parasites of fungus-growing ant crops

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yek, Sze Huei ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Poulsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 84859698646     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/239392     Document Type: Review

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