Short-term movement patterns of the endangered American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-287

  Creighton, J Curtis ^a   Schnell, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

American burying beetle; Endangered species; Habitat; Movement; Nicrophorus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032402950     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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