Spatial structure of community of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Negev Highlands, Israel

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-152

  Krasnov, B ^a   Shenbrot, G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DARKLING BEETLE;

ISRAEL, NEGEV HIGHLANDS;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0030303780     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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