Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-342

  Brown, P E ^a   Anderson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042126197     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300034908     Document Type: Article

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