Unicolonial ants: where do they come from, what are they and where are they going?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.013PMID 19328589
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