Comparison of the weevil fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in two tussock grassland sites in Otago, New Zealand)

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 703-714

  Murray, T J ^a   Barratt, B I P ^b   Dickinson, K J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chionochloa tall tussock grasslands; Curculionoidea; Invertebrate inventory; Otago; Weevil ecology

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHIONOCHLOA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CURCULIONOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642497535     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517754     Document Type: Article

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