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Sinikka Hanhimaki, Josef Senn, Erkki Haukioja, The Convergence in Growth of Foliage-Chewing Insect Species on Individual Mountain Birch Trees, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 64, No. 5 (Sep., 1995), pp. 543-552
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