Microhabitat use and community structure of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in shortgrass prairie: Effects of season, shrub cover and soil type

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 298-311

  Stapp, Paul ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; COLEOPTERA; ELEODES; ELEODES EXTRICATA; ELEODES HISPILABRIS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0030998415     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426849     Document Type: Article

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