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Battisti, A. (2008). Insect Populations In Relation To Environmental Change In Forests Of Temperate Europe. In: Invasive Forest Insects, Introduced Forest Trees, and Altered Ecosystems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5162-X_7

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