Competitive interactions between larvae of three bruchid species (Coleoptera) in mesquite seeds (Prosopis spp.) under laboratory conditions

African Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 376-378

  Impson, F A C ^a   Hoffmann, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; PROSOPIS;

EID: 0032410519     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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