Spatial and temporal distribution of tenebrionid species (Coleoptera) in the Negev Highlands, Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 347-361

  Ayal, Y ^a   Merkl, O ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

birds; Ciconia alba; desert; habitat segregation; Negev; predation; refuge; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HABITAT SEGREGATION;

ISRAEL, NEGEV HIGHLANDS;

TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0028160125     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1994.1070     Document Type: Article

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