The impact of herbivory on plants: Yield, fitness, and population dynamics

Biotic Stress and Yield Loss

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 135-160

  Delaney, Kevin J ^a   Macedo, Tulio B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420040753     Document Type: Chapter

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