Wild Bees Visiting Cucumber on Midwestern U.S. Organic Farms Benefit From Near-Farm Semi-Natural Areas
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Entomology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0022-0493,0022-0493
DOI: 10.1603/ec12007