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Intraspecific larval competition among wasps parasitic of bean weevil larvae

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    Khin Mar Wai & Koichi Fujii

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Wai, K.M., Fujii, K. Intraspecific larval competition among wasps parasitic of bean weevil larvae. Res Popul Ecol 32, 85–98 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02512591

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