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Heavy metal concentrations of the endoparasitoid Glyptapanteles liparidis Bouche (Hymenoptera) in contaminated Lymantria dispar L. larvae (Lepidoptera)

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Bischof, C. Heavy metal concentrations of the endoparasitoid Glyptapanteles liparidis Bouche (Hymenoptera) in contaminated Lymantria dispar L. larvae (Lepidoptera). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55, 533–538 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196032

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