Habitat use and population structure of a polyphagine cockroach, Ergaula capensis (Saussure 1893) (Blattaria Polyphaginae) in Gabonese rainforest

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-222

  Grandcolas, P ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ergaula; Gabon; Habitat; Population structure; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031327471     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539338     Document Type: Article

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