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IRIDIUM-192 AS A TAG FOR CARPENTER ANTS OF THE GENUS CAMPONOTUS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. J. Sanders
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
W. F. Baldwin
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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