Energetics of locomotion and load carriage in the nectar feeding ant, Camponotus rufipes
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiological Entomology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0307-6962
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00464.x