Insect Symbioses: A Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Fungus-Growing Ant Research*

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Environmental Entomology

• Publication date

  2009-02-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1603/022.038.0110PMID 19791600
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