Environmental correlates of darkling beetle population size (Col. Tenebrionidae) on the Cañadas of Teide in Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 287-308

  De Los Santos, A ^a   Alonso, E J ^a   Hernandez E ^a   Perez A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Insecta; Montane environment; Overabundance; Population stability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PIMELIA; PIMELIA ASCENDENS; PIMELIA RADULA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0036464048     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0911     Document Type: Article

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