Natural history and ecology of fungus-farming ants: a field study in Atlantic rainforest

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• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Insectes Sociaux

• Publication date

  2019-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00040-019-00695-y
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