The cause of reduced growth of Manduca sexta larvae on a low-water diet: Increased metabolic processing costs or nutrient limitation?
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Insect Physiology
- Vol. 34 (6) , 515-525
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(88)90193-x
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