Niche relations in Vicia-inhabiting bruchus spp.

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 152-155

  Szentesi, A ^a   Jermy, T ^a   Takacs V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Curculionidae; intra and interspecific competition; Leguminosae; Lepidoptera; Monte Carlo simulation; predispersal seed predator guild

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; BRUCHUS; CURCULIONIDAE; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA;

EID: 0029760143     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00907.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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