The utilization of patchy thermal microhabitats by the ectothermic insect predator, Cicindela sexguttata

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-450

  Schultz, Tom D ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicindela sexguttata; Ectothermy; Foraging rate; Microhabitat utilization; Thermal resources; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CICINDELA SEXGUTTATA; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0031736434     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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