Many caterpillars in a montane rain forest in Ecuador are not classical herbivores

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Tropical Ecology

• Publication date

  2015-06-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1017/S0266467415000243
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