Hydrocarbon profiles indicate fertility and dominance status in ant, bee, and wasp colonies

Insect Hydrocarbons Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 254-281

  Liebig, Jürgen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711909.014     Document Type: Chapter

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