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An analysis of larval mortality and development in relation to group size inDictyoploca japonica Butler (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), with special reference to field populations

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  1. Toshio Iwakuma

    Present address: Division of Environmental Biology, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Yatabe-machi, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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    Toshio Iwakuma & Naotake Morimoto

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Iwakuma, T., Morimoto, N. An analysis of larval mortality and development in relation to group size inDictyoploca japonica Butler (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), with special reference to field populations. Res Popul Ecol 26, 51–73 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02515507

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