Volume and linear measurements as predictors of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) biomass

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 548-551

  Radtke, M G ^a   Williamson, G B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Length mass relationship; Neotropical Scarabaeidae; Volume; Volume mass relationship

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 22944462718     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0548:VALMAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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