Dung beetles in continuous forest, forest fragments and in an agricultural mosaic habitat island at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico
β Scribed by Alejandro Estrada; Rosamond Coates-Estrada
- Book ID
- 110401510
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 309 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0960-3115
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