Effect of environment on functional traits of co-occurring water beetles

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Issue		Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Volume 57, 2021


Article Number		2
Number of page(s)		14
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2020030
Published online		07 January 2021

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