Salinity and shade preferences result in ovipositional differences between sympatric tiger beetle species

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-187

  Hoback, W Wyatt ^a,b   Golick, Douglas A ^a   Svatos, Tina M ^a   Spomer, Stephen M ^a   Higley, Leon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Bruner Hall of Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cicindela circumpicta; Cicindela togata; Niche partitioning; Oviposition; Salinity; Salt flat

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; NICHE PARTITIONING; OVIPOSITION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SHADING;

CICINDELA CIRCUMPICTA; CICINDELA TOGATA; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034109959     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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