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New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 18, 1991 - Issue 2: Special Issue on Wasp Research
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Reduction of wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) populations by poison-baiting; experimental use of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in canned sardine

E. B. SpurrForest Research Institute PO Box 31-011, Christchurch, New Zealand
Pages 215-222 | Received 05 Mar 1991, Accepted 25 Mar 1991, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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