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Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 268756, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/268756
Research Article

Trigona corvina: An Ecological Study Based on Unusual Nest Structure and Pollen Analysis

David W. Roubik and J. Enrique Moreno Patiño

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 0843-03092 Balboa, Panama

Received 1 March 2009; Accepted 9 July 2009

Academic Editor: Howard Ginsberg

Copyright © 2009 David W. Roubik and J. Enrique Moreno Patiño. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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