Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, vol. 2.(Brief Article)(Book Review) From: SciTech Book News | Date: September 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Book News, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

1578082625

Biology, ecology, and evolution of gall-inducing arthropods, 2v.

Ed. by Anantanarayanan Raman et al.

Science Publishers, Inc.

2005

817 pages

$148.00

Hardcover

QL463

There are practical reasons to study arthropods that induce galls, such as using them for the biological control of weeds and to learn more about the arthropods themselves, but scientists are also intrigued ...

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