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The effects of host-feeding behaviour on the dynamics of parasitoid-host interactions, and the implications for biological control

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Kidd, N.A.C., Jervis, M.A. The effects of host-feeding behaviour on the dynamics of parasitoid-host interactions, and the implications for biological control. Res Popul Ecol 31, 235–274 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02513204

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