Patterns of mating for the European corn borer (
Crenate broomrape (
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10370875
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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- Journal Name:
- Ecology and Evolution
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 2045-7758
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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