Range and population size of the American burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in the dissected hills of South-Central Nebraska

Great Plains Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-138

  Peyton, Mark M ^a  

^a Ctrl NE Pub Pwr/Irrigat District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

American burying beetle; Endangered species; Nicrophorus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0037678690     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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