Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2007-08-09

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nature05884PMID 17687325
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