Competition, cannibalism and intraguild predation among ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae): A laboratory study

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-148

  Currie, Cameron R ^a,c   Spence, John R ^a   Niemelä, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COMPETITION;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PTEROSTICHUS ADSTRICTUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 0030498786     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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