A new sampling protocol for the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-70

  Bedick, Jon C ^a   Ratcliffe, Brett C ^a   Higley, Leon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 2042425530     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/602     Document Type: Article

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