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Neotropical Insect Galls: Status of Knowledge and Perspectives

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Neotropical Insect Galls

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This book seeks to expose the reader to those studies which have made the greatest contribution to the body of knowledge surrounding the insect galls in the Neotropical region. There seems to be countless groups of researchers working both in Brazil and in other tropical regions of the Americas. The chapters presented here report the diversity of studies conducted to date as well as indicate the quality of the studies in progress.

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Fernandes, G.W., Coelho, M.S., Santos, J.C. (2014). Neotropical Insect Galls: Status of Knowledge and Perspectives. In: Fernandes, G., Santos, J. (eds) Neotropical Insect Galls. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8783-3_1

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