Seasonal Variation in Spatial Organization of a Darkling Beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Community

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-190

  Krasnov, B ^a   Shenbrot, G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community; Environmental variables; Seasonal changes; Spatial structure; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0002797072     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.178     Document Type: Article

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