Notes on cynipid galls, ground beetles and ground-dwelling spiders collected at Fort Severn, Ontario

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-167

  Shorthouse, Joseph D ^a   Goulet, Henri ^b   Shorthouse, David P ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cynipid galls; Fort Severn; Ground beetles; Ground dwelling spiders; Wild roses

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CENSUS; GALL INSECT; NEW RECORD; SPIDER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CANADA; FORT SEVERN; ONTARIO;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; ROSA; ROSA ACICULARIS; ROSA ARKANSANA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0041766618     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic611     Document Type: Article

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