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Nectar and pollen-feeding by insect herbivores and implications for multitrophic interactions. / Wäckers, Felix L.; Romeis, Jörg E.; van Rijn, Paul C. J.
In: Annual Review of Entomology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 01.2007, p. 301-325.

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Wäckers FL, Romeis JE, van Rijn PCJ. Nectar and pollen-feeding by insect herbivores and implications for multitrophic interactions. Annual Review of Entomology. 2007 Jan;52(1):301-325. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091352

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Wäckers, Felix L. ; Romeis, Jörg E. ; van Rijn, Paul C. J. / Nectar and pollen-feeding by insect herbivores and implications for multitrophic interactions. In: Annual Review of Entomology. 2007 ; Vol. 52, No. 1. pp. 301-325.

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