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Food distribution within laboratory colonies of the argentine ant,Tridomyrmex humilis (Mayr)

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Markin, G.P. Food distribution within laboratory colonies of the argentine ant,Tridomyrmex humilis (Mayr). Ins. Soc 17, 127–157 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223074

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