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Forest Succession and Harvesting of Hemipteran Honeydew byBoreal AntsAuthor(s): Heloise Gibb & Therese JohanssonSource: Annales Zoologici Fennici, 47(2):99-110. 2010.Published By: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing BoardDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5735/086.047.0203URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.5735/086.047.0203

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