Monthly Changes in Honey Bee Forewings Estimated Using Geometric Morphometrics
By: Anna Janczyk and Adam Tofilski
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2017.1412575
Language: English
Page range: 139 - 146
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 27, 2020
Published on: Mar 3, 2021
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