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Kuwait oil lakes as insect traps

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  1. Gábor Horváth

    Present address: Lehrstuhl für Biokybernetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

  2. Jochen Zeil

    Present address: Centre for Visual Sciences, RSBS, Australian National University, PO Box 475, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

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  1. Biophysics Group, Department of Atomic Physics, Lorand Eotvos University, H-1088, Budapest, Puskin u. 5-7, Hungary

    Gábor Horváth

  2. Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, SAFAT, 13060, Kuwait

    Jochen Zeil

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Horváth, G., Zeil, J. Kuwait oil lakes as insect traps. Nature 379, 303–304 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/379303a0

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