Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and other insect predators overwintering in arable and fallow fields in central Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-459

  Yamazaki, Kazuo ^a   Sugiura, Shinji ^b   Kawamura, Koji ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beneficial predators; Carabidae; Habitat preference; Hibernation; Pest control

Indexed keywords

AGRYPNUS; CANTHARIDAE; CARABIDAE; CHAULIOGNATHUS PENNSYLVANICUS; COLEOPTERA; DIGITARIA CILIARIS; ELATERIDAE; HARPALUS; INSECTA; POACEAE;

EID: 1342310630     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.449     Document Type: Article

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