Unsung scientist and science communicator Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya was pioneer to discover eusocial behaviour of ants

Sanjit Kumar Saha

doi:10.36808/if/2024/v150i7/169774

Unsung scientist and science communicator Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya was pioneer to discover eusocial behaviour of ants

Authors

Sanjit Kumar Saha West Bengal Forest Service, Kalimpong Forest Corporation Division, Kalimpong-734301, West Bengal Forest Development Corporation Limited, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2024/v150i7/169774

Keywords:

Moulting fluid, eusocial behaviour, physiological development, special food material, ants

Abstract

No Absract.

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