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Ecology & ethology

Hunting Ants in Mediterranean clay soils: Life history of Siagona europaea (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

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Pages 33-42 | Received 25 Aug 2004, Accepted 20 Oct 2004, Published online: 28 Jan 2009

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