Predator efficiency reconsidered for a ladybird-aphid system
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1 Department of Biodiversity Research, Global Change Research Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, 2 Faculty of Science, Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 3 Department of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, Japan, 4 Biological and Environmental Sciences, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA, 5 School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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تاریخ انتشار 2015