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Vojtech Novotny1, Yves Basset, Scott E Miller

  • 1Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences and Biological Faculty, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. novotny@entu.cas.cz

Nature
|April 27, 2002
PubMed
まとめ

ほとんどの熱帯昆虫の草食動物は一般的で,関連する植物種を餌にしている. これは,熱帯の多様性に関する伝統的な見解に異議を唱え,世界の節足類の推定を減少させます.

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