Feeding, reproduction and community impact of a predatory carabid in two agricultural habitats

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-96

  Bommarco, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Novartis Seeds   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD LIMITATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS CUPREUS;

EID: 0032739044     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546999     Document Type: Article

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