Effect of substrate depth on predation of Larval Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz by adults of P. Melanarius (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Currie, Cameron R ^a,b   Digweed, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PREDATION; SUBSTRATE DEPTH;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PTEROSTICHUS ADSTRICTUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 0030428198     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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