Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2002-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-002-0489-8
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