PREDATION ON FROGS AND SMALL BIRDS BY HIERODULA WERNERI (GIGLIO-TOS) (MANTIDAE) IN TROPICAL AUSTRALIA
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Entomology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1326-6756,1440-6055
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00077.x