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Natural history of a South African insect pollinator assemblage (Insecta: Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera): diagnostic notes, food web analysis and conservation recommendations

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  • 1. Department of Entomology, MRC 187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA;
  • 2. School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; & Department of Entomology, Ditsong: National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum), Pretoria, South Africa;
  • 3. Invertebrates, Scientific Services Department, South African National Parks, Kimberley, South Africa

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Mawdsley, Jonathan, Harrison, James, Sithole, Hendrik (2016): Natural history of a South African insect pollinator assemblage (Insecta: Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera): diagnostic notes, food web analysis and conservation recommendations. Journal of Natural History 50: 2849-2879, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1216194, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1216194

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