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Reproductive phenology and pre-dispersal seed-feeding in Protium tovarense (Burseraceae), with a description of the first known phytophagous ''Bracon'' species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae)

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Flores, Saul, Nassar, Jafet M., Quicke, Donald L. J. (2005): Reproductive phenology and pre-dispersal seed-feeding in Protium tovarense (Burseraceae), with a description of the first known phytophagous ''Bracon'' species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae). Journal of Natural History 39 (42): 3663-3685, DOI: 10.1080/00222930500392659, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930500392659

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