The Displacement of Native Ant Species by the Introduced Argentine Ant Iridomyrmex Humilis Mayr

Psyche (New York)

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1971, Pages 257-266

  Erickson, James M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84958730749     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1971/34713     Document Type: Article

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