Comparative biology of fungus cultivation in termites and ants

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 193-210

  Nobre, Tânia ^a   Rouland Lefèvre, Corinne ^b   Aanen, Duur K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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