The ecology of plant/insect interactions: Implications of digestive strategy for feeding by phytophagous insects

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-141

  Hochuli, Dieter F ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0000793256     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546331     Document Type: Review

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