Ground beetles (Carabidae) as seed predators

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-544

  Honek, Alois ^a   Martinkova, Zdenka ^a   Jarosik, Vojtech ^b  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abundance; Carabidae; Consumption; Crop; Herb; Predation; Preference; Season; Seed; Weed

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRANIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS; CARABIDAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA; GLYCINE MAX; HARPALUS; HARPALUS AFFINIS; PSEUDOOPHONUS RUFIPES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12944266387     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.081     Document Type: Article

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