Habitat Associations And Seasonal Activity Of Ground-Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) In Central Alberta

The Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 521-540

  Niemela, Jari ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Spence, Deborah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PARKLAND; BOREAL MIXEDWOOD FOREST; COLEOPTERA; ECOTONE; HABITAT PREFERENCE; MEADOW;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

AGONUM; AMARA; BEMBIDION; CALATHUS INGRATUS; CARABIDAE; PLATYNUS DECENTIS; PTEROSTICHUS ADSTRICTUS; SCAPHINOTUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 0027029903     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent124521-3     Document Type: Article

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