Material affects attack rates on dummy caterpillars in tropical forest where arthropod predators dominate: an experiment using clay and dough dummies with green colourants on various plant species

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

• Publication date

  2015-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/eea.12367
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