Nest Turrets of Acromyrmex Grass-Cutting Ants: Micromorphology Reveals Building Techniques and Construction Dynamics
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Nest Turrets of Acromyrmex Grass-Cutting Ants: Micromorphology Reveals Building Techniques and Construction Dynamics
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Insects
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 140
Publisher
MDPI AG
Online
2020-02-25
DOI
10.3390/insects11020140
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