The endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, at the edge of its range in Arkansas (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Carlton, C E ^a   Rothwein, Frances ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Ouachita National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURYING BEETLE; ENDANGERED BEETLE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION;

USA, ARKANSAS, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0031687139     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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