Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forests insects of Ghana

Forest Entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forests Insects of Ghana

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-244

  Wagner, Michael R ^a   Cobbinah, Joseph R ^a   Bosu, Paul P ^a  

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