Habitat use of the fungivorous beetle Bolitophagus reticulatus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Effects of basidiocarp size, humidity and competitors

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-570

  Midtgaard, Fred ^a,b   Rukke, Bjørn A ^b   Sverdrup Thygeson, Anne ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Forest Assoc NORSKOG   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basidiocarp; Bolitophagus reticulatus; Fomes fomentarius; Fungivorous beetle; Habitat use; Logistic regression; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPETITION; FUNGUS; HABITAT USE; HUMIDITY;

BOLITOPHAGUS; BOLITOPHAGUS RETICULATUS; CIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FOMES FOMENTARIUS; FUNGI; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0032463399     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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