The Social Insects

The Social Insects
ISBN-10
3836427958
ISBN-13
9783836427951
Series
The Social Insects
Category
Nature
Pages
448
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
VDM Publishing
Authors
William Morton Wheeler, Morton, William Wheeler

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"The twelve lectures which make up the present volume were delivered during the spring of 1925 at the University of Paris."--Preface.

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