Size dependent predatory pressure in the Japanese horned beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma L.(Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Setsuda, Ken Ichi ^a   Tsuchida, Koji ^b   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^b   Kakei, Yoshichika ^b   Yamada, Yoshiki ^b  

^a Gifu Prefectural Museum   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA;

EID: 0033508532     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769300     Document Type: Article

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