Survival and habitat preferences of adult Bolitophagus reticulatus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-89

  Nilsson, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; field study; fungivorous beetle; habitat requirements; Longevity; Tenebrionidae metapopulation relaxation

Indexed keywords

BOLITOPHAGUS RETICULATUS; COLEOPTERA; FOMES FOMENTARIUS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

HABITAT PREFERENCE; LONGEVITY; SURVIVAL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030618437     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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