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Towards an integrated strategy for the control of the desert locust

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Lecoq, M., Duranton, JF., Rachadi, T. (1997). Towards an integrated strategy for the control of the desert locust. In: New Strategies in Locust Control. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9202-5_66

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