Factors affecting food utilization by a leaf shredding aquatic insect: leaf species and conditioning time

Ecography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 157-162

  Golladay, S W ^a   Webster, J R ^a   Benfield, E F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0021023118     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1983.tb01077.x     Document Type: Article

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