Habitats and Management Associated with Common Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Michigan Agricultural Landscape

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 519-527

  Clark, M Sean ^a,b   Gage, Stuart H ^a   Spence, John R ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carabidae; Ground beetles; Long term ecological research

Indexed keywords

AGONUM PLACIDUM; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYCLOTRACHELUS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POECILUS; POECILUS LUCUBLANDUS; POPULUS; PTEROSTICHUS LUCUBLANDUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; SODALIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0000087585     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.519     Document Type: Article

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