Habitat preference of two burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorus) living among seabirds

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 435-442

  Wilhelm, Sabina I ^a   Larson, David J ^a   Storey, Anne E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0011868145     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2001)008[0435:HPOTBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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