Special feature: Diversity of insect-plant interactions in the eastern andes of ecuador

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Miller, James S ^a,b   Dver, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ECUADOR; EDITORIAL; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ECUADOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; PLANTS;

EID: 67651207381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.2601     Document Type: Article

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