Ecology and behavior of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 231-256

  Lövei, Gábor L ^a   Sunderland, Keith D ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Bionomics; Carabidae; Coleoptera; Populations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0030018992     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.en.41.010196.001311     Document Type: Article

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