Food preference, diet dependent fecundity and larval development in Harpalus rufipes (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Jørgensen, Helene Bracht ^a   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet value; Fecundity; Food preference; Insect diet; Larval survival; Seed diet

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS RUFIPES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; POA; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TARAXACUM SP.;

EID: 0030766739     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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