Distributional pattern and development of the winter-active beetle Quedius pellax (Staphylinidae)

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Topp, Werner ^b   Smetana, Ales ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; QUEDIUS; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 11744265911     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822x.1998.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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