Capacity of Bembidion lampros and Tachyporus hypnorum to survive periods of starvation in early spring

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-214

  Petersen, Mette K ^a,b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Fat content; Polyphagous predators; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY CONDITION; HIBERNATION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

BEMBIDION LAMPROS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TACHYPORUS; TACHYPORUS HYPNORUM;

EID: 0032939888     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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