Revisiting the Ants of Melanesia and the Taxon Cycle: Historical and Human-Mediated Invasions of a Tropical Archipelago

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  2012

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2012-05-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1086/665996PMID 22673659
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