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New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 18, 1991 - Issue 2: Special Issue on Wasp Research
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Nest sites of common and German wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

H. MollerDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
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J. A. V. TilleyDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
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G. M. PlunkettDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
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B. K. ClappertonDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
Pages 121-125 | Received 04 Sep 1990, Accepted 26 Oct 1990, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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