LEAF‐CUTTING ANTS AND LIVE OAK: THE ROLE OF LEAF TOUGHNESS IN SEASONAL AND INTRASPECIFIC HOST CHOICE

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• Publication year

  1982

• Venue

  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

• Publication date

  1982-04-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1982.tb03195.x
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