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Studies on transpiration in millepedes

I.Spirostreptus asthenes poc., from a tropical jungle near Madurai

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  1. Mudurai Centre, University of Madras, Madurai-2, S. India

    S. K. Dwarakanath & S. V. Job

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Communicated by Dr. S. Krishnaswamy,f.a.sc.

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Dwarakanath, S.K., Job, S.V. Studies on transpiration in millepedes. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 61, 142–146 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051538

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