Structure in plant /animal interaction assemblages
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چکیده
Thomas M. Lewinsohn and Paulo Inácio Prado, Laboratório de Interações Insetos-Plantas, Depto de Zoologia, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, Brazil ([email protected]). PIP also at: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6166, 13083-867 Campinas, Brazil. / Pedro Jordano and Jordi Bascompte, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, ES-41080 Sevilla, Spain. / Jens M. Olesen, Dept of Ecology and Genetics, Univ. of Aarhus, Ny-Munkegade, Bldg. 540, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
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