Habitat and Community Patterns of Tropical Australian Hydradephagan Water Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Noteridae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-285

  Larson, David J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; GYRINIDAE; NOTERIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 0001541666     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01469.x     Document Type: Article

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