Red wood ants in Bulgaria: distribution and density related to habitat characteristics

Red wood ants in Bulgaria: distribution and density related to habitat characteristics

The only National Inventory of red wood ants in Bulgaria was carried out about 50 years ago (1970–1973). Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761, F. pratensis Retzius, 1783, F. lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 and F. polyctena (as F. polyctena x rufa hybrid) were found in a current monitoring programme. This study pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Vera Antonova, Martin P. Marinov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pensoft Publishers 2021-08-01
Series:	Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:	https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/61431/download/pdf/

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