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Black-flies and the Environment: A Reply to Dr Asibey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Michael W. Service
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, England

Abstract

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Short Communications: Reports, Comments, News, Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1976

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