Critical thermal maxima and body size positively correlate in red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  The Southwestern naturalist

• Publication date

  2016-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1894/0038-4909-61.1.79
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