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Gall Watching Is the New Bird Watching
Get outside and learn the galls; it's good biology, and it's good fun.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2129281
- PAR ID:
- 10639157
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Entomologist
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- American Entomologist
- Volume:
- 71
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1046-2821
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 32 to 35
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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