Ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) activity density and community composition in vegetationally diverse corn agroecosystems

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-28

  Pavuk, Daniel M ^a   Purrington, Foster F ^b   Williams, Charles E ^c   Stinner, Benjamin R ^d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030741505     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426650     Document Type: Article

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