Responses in the Diet Composition of the Common Frog (rana Temporaria) to the Stochastic Gradation of Autumnal Moth (epirrita Autumnata) Larvae
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1Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter s. 1/c, Hungary E-mails: [email protected], [email protected] 2Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022 Budapest, Herman Ottó út 15, Hungary; E-mail: [email protected]
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