The Role of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Weed Seed Consumption: A Review

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Weed science

• Publication date

  2015-05-21

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1614/WS-D-14-00067.1
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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