A comparison of the seasonal activity of Pterostichus beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a commercial apple orchard in Sonoma County, California

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-88

  Riddick, Eric W ^a,b   Mills, Nick J ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Coleoptera; Insecta; Predators; Pterostichus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030542450     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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