Effect of spatial scale on habitat use of Bolitotherus cornutus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-201

  Teichert, Sonja ^a   Bondrup Nielsen, Soren ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT USE;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BOLITOPHAGUS; BOLITOPHAGUS RETICULATUS; BOLITOTHERUS; BOLITOTHERUS CORNUTUS; COLEOPTERA; FOMES FOMENTARIUS; FUNGI; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 20344397165     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-092     Document Type: Article

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