Laboulbeniales on beetles: Host utilization patterns and species richness of the parasites

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 701-719

  Weir, Alex ^a,b   Hammond, Peter M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; biodiversity; Laboulbeniales; parasites; species richness

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PARASITE; HOST UTILIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDONESIA, SULAWESI;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; LABOULBENIALES; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0030617944     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018318320019     Document Type: Article

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