Differential role of symbiotic fungi in lignin degradation and food provision for fungus‐growing termites (Macrotermitinae: Isoptera)
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- 23 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Functional Ecology
- Vol. 17 (2) , 186-193
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00718.x
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