Biodiversity in tropical agroforests and the ecological role of ants and ant diversity in predatory function

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Ecological Entomology

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00793.x
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