Peptidic soil components are a major dietary resource for the humivorous larvae of Pachnoda spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Authors:
- Oliver GeissingerOGOliver Geissinger
- Andreas BruneAndreas Brune
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Insect Physiology
- Vol. 54 (1) , 105-113
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