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R Aranda1, G Graciolli2

  • 1Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde - Cidade Universitária s/n - CEP: 79070900, Caixa Postal 549, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil (rodrigoaranda.biologo@gmail.com) rodrigoaranda.biologo@gmail.com.

Environmental Entomology
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Savannahabitat heterogeneityparasitoidism

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