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Regulatory processes and population cyclicity in laboratory populations ofAnagasta Kühniella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae). I. Competition for food and predation

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    Present address: Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute, P.O. Box 56, Lincoln College, New Zealand

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These studies were conducted as a part of a broad investigation into the processes operating in the dynamics of arthropod populations under a grant toC. B. Huffaker from the U. S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health.

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White, E.G., Huffaker, C.B. Regulatory processes and population cyclicity in laboratory populations ofAnagasta Kühniella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae). I. Competition for food and predation. Res Popul Ecol 11, 57–83 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514511

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