On ecology, life history and survival strategies of a wing-dimorphic ground beetle (col.: carabidae: odacanthini: Colliuris) inhabiting central amazonian inundation forests

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 174-192

  Adis, Joachim ^a   Amorim, Maristela A ^b   Erwin, Terry L ^c   Bauer, Thomas ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Beetles; Brachyptery; Floodplains; Gonad dormancy; Inundation; Life history

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000547581     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.1997.10383076     Document Type: Article

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