Hydrocarbons in the Ant Lasius niger: From the Cuticle to the Nest and Home Range Marking

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Chemical Ecology

• Publication date

  2009-07-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10886-009-9669-6PMID 19629598
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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