Is dispersal density-dependent in carabid beetles? A field experiment with Harpalus rufipes (Degeer) and Pterostichus niger (Schaller) (Col., Carabidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Midtgaard, F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS RUFIPES; PTEROSTICHUS NIGER;

EID: 0033015349     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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