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Alex Córdoba-Aguilar (ed): Dragonflies and damselflies. Model organisms for ecological and evolutionary research

Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2008, Hardback, Sterling £65.00, ISBN 978-0-19-923069-3, 288 pages

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Breuker, C.J. Alex Córdoba-Aguilar (ed): Dragonflies and damselflies. Model organisms for ecological and evolutionary research. J Insect Conserv 13, 363–365 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-009-9217-2

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