Cryptic consumers and the ecology of an African Savanna

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-215

  Keesing, Felicia ^a,b  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 0034005369     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0205:CCATEO]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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