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Size of blood meals taken by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) (Diptera: Glossinidae) correlates with fat reserves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P.M.J. Loder
P.M.J. Loder*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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*CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DE, UK.
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 87 , Issue 5 , October 1997 , pp. 547 - 549
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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