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On the Migration of Insects

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The enormous literature written on the subject of insect migrations has already been reviewed in a number of excellent monographs, the most complete — for its day — being the one by FRaenkel (1932), and the most recent, the one by WIlliams (1958).

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Nielsen, E.T. (1964). On the Migration of Insects. In: Autrum, H. (eds) Ergebnisse der Biologie / Advances in Biology. Ergebnisse der Biologie / Advances in Biology, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46000-5_6

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