Latitudinal patterns in European ant assemblages: variation in species richness and body size

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  1993-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/BF00649503PMID 28313308
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