Impacts of livestock grazing activities on stream insect communities and the riverine environment

American Entomologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-29

  Strand, Mac ^a   Merritt, Ricbard w ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002884405     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/45.1.13     Document Type: Article

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