Trophic position of the endophytic beetle, Mordellistena aethiops Smith (Coleoptera: Mordellidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Tooker, John F ^a,b   Hanks, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Parasitoid; Prairie; Predation; Silphium; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PARASITOID; PREDATION;

ANTISTROPHUS; ANTISTROPHUS RUFUS; ASTERACEAE; CERCOCEBUS; CETONIINAE; COLEOPTERA; CYNIPIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MORDELLIDAE; MORDELLISTENA AETHIOPS; SILPHIUM;

EID: 1842554010     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.2.291     Document Type: Article

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