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An Introduction to Richard Ring / Présentation de Richard Ring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

H.V. Danks
H.V. Danks
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Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 138 , Issue 1: Adaptations and Constraints: a Symposium in Honour of Richard Ring / Adaptations et contraintes : un symposium en l'honneur de Richard Ring , February 2006 , pp. ix - xiv
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