Nested Coleoptera and Orthoptera on sand dunes in the Basin and Range Province of western North America

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Rahn, Matthew E ^a   Rust, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coleoptera; Nested subsets; Orthoptera; Sand dune

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DUNE; INSECT; NEST;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034042152     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009699431838     Document Type: Article

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