Mass-length relationships of epigeal arthropod predators in arable land (Araneae, Chilopoda, Coleoptera)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-333

  Lang, A ^a,c   Kroob, S ^b   Stumpf, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Biomass; Mass length relationship; Polyphagous predators

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CANIS; CARABIDAE; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; HENICOPIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 1842293993     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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