Functional types of diving beetle (Coleoptera: Hygrobiidae and Dytiscidae), as identified by comparative swimming behaviour

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-558

  Ribera, Ignacio ^a   Foster, Garth N ^a   Holt, William V ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Image analysis; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEETLE; FUNCTIONAL TYPE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOUR;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 0030824551     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0136     Document Type: Article

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