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Monthly Changes in Honey Bee Forewings Estimated Using Geometric Morphometrics Cover

Monthly Changes in Honey Bee Forewings Estimated Using Geometric Morphometrics

By: Anna Janczyk and  Adam Tofilski  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2021-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 139 - 146
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 27, 2020
Published on: Mar 3, 2021
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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