Survival and multiplication of stored-product beetles at simulated and actual winter temperatures

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 887-898

  Fields, P G ^a   White, N D G ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 0031472788     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129887-5     Document Type: Article

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