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Colony foundation, nest architecture and demography of a basal fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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Fernández-Marín, H., Zimmerman, J. K., Wcislo, W. T., Rehner, S. A. (2005): Colony foundation, nest architecture and demography of a basal fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 39 (20): 1735-1743, DOI: 10.1080/00222930400027462, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400027462

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