Moths

Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 448-470

  Fox, Richard ^a   Conrad, Kelvin F ^b   Parsons, Mark S ^a   Warren, Martin S ^a   Woiwod, Ian P ^c  

^a BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Rothamsted Research ^*  (Canada)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866632195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778230.027     Document Type: Chapter

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