Alternative life-histories in a socially polymorphic ant

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Evolutionary Ecology

• Publication date

  2007-08-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10682-006-9139-3
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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