Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees. David W. Roubik. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989. x, 514 pp., illus. $69.50. Cambridge Tropical Biology Series.

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  1990-05-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.248.4958.1026PMID 17745410
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