Use of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nest-sites by tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) for oviposition and thermoregulation in a temperate grassland

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-382

  McIntyre, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0032863544     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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