Entomology on the Antarctic Peninsula: The southernmost insect

American Entomologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-89

  Lee, Richard E ^a   Denlinger, David L ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961028769     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/52.2.84     Document Type: Article

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