Spatial patterns in pupal mortality in urban palm caterpillars

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 356-363

  Ruszczyk, Alexandre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brassolis sophorae; Man made habitats; Opsiphanes invirae; Urban ecology; Urban entomology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029760381     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328452     Document Type: Article

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