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A comparative study of colony takeover between queens of facultative and obligatory slave-making ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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  1. Department of Psychology, Hunter College of CUNY, 695 Park Avenue, 10021, New York, New York

    Howard Topoff, Tom Weickert & Ellen Zimmerli

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Topoff, H., Weickert, T. & Zimmerli, E. A comparative study of colony takeover between queens of facultative and obligatory slave-making ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Insect Behav 3, 813–817 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065969

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