Seed and fruit selection by harvester ants,Messor barbarus, in Mediterranean grassland and scrubland
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- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Functional Ecology
- Vol. 19 (2), 273-283
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00956.x
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