Alderfly (Neuroptera: Sialidae) flight periods, sex ratios, and habitat use in a Virginia freshwater tidal marsh, low forest, and their ecotones

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 693-699

  Barrows, Edward M ^a   McIntyre, Anne M ^a   Flint Jr , Oliver S ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alderflies; Flight periods; Freshwater marsh; Low forest; Neuroptera; Sex ratios; Sialidae

Indexed keywords

NEUROPTERA; SIALIDAE; SIALIS IOLA;

EID: 21544472360     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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