Seasonal variations in the calorific contents of certain predatory insects in a village fish pond of Santhal Parganas (Bihar)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Kumar, Arvind ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bihar; calorific contents; predatory insect; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; INDIA; INSECT; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029947373     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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