The water system of traditional rice paddies as an important habitat of the giant water bug, Lethocerus deyrollei (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-129

  Mukai, Yasuo ^a   Baba, Naoto ^a   Ishii, Minoru ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant water bug; Japan; Lethocerus deyrollei; Mark and recapture census; Paddy; Satoyama

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

ANURA; ARTHROPODA; BELOSTOMATIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HETEROPTERA; LETHOCERUS; LETHOCERUS AMERICANUS; LETHOCERUS DEYROLLEI;

EID: 18644380156     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-005-3488-z     Document Type: Article

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