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Insect defoliation of a monodominant Amazonian rainforest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. T. Nascimento
Affiliation:
Department of Biological & Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
J. Proctor
Affiliation:
Department of Biological & Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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