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Mandibular gland chemistry of grass-cutting ants: species, caste, and colony variation

W O Hughes1, P E Howse, D Goulson

  • 1Biodiversity and Ecology Division, School of Biological Sciences University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton, SO16 7PX, U.K.

Journal of Chemical Ecology
|May 31, 2001
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