Interspecific competition between the beetles dermestes maculatus degeer and necrobia rufipes degeer in dried fish

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-220

  Odeyemi, Olusola O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0038623392     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400016398     Document Type: Article

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