The European wasp in metropolitan Adelaide: It's ecology, spread and impacts

South Australian Geographical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue , 2001, Pages 25-48

  Goodall, Sarah ^a   Smith, Derek L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; WASP;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 33645799306     PISSN: 10300481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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