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Ground-spray treatment with deltamethrin against tsetse flies in NW Zimbabwe has little short term effect on lizards

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Lambert, M.R.K. Ground-spray treatment with deltamethrin against tsetse flies in NW Zimbabwe has little short term effect on lizards. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 555–561 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199026

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