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D. R. Papaj, B. D. Roitberg, S. B. Opp, Serial Effects of Host Infestation on Egg Allocation by the Mediterranean Fruit Fly: A Rule of Thumb and its Functional Significance, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 58, No. 3 (Oct., 1989), pp. 955-970
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