Species richness, abundance and distribution of myrmecophilous beetles in nests of Formica aquilonia ants

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-454

  Päivinen, Jussi ^a   Ahlroth, Petri ^b   Kaitala, Veijo ^b   Suhonen, Jukka ^b  

^a Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INQUILINISM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLEOPTERA; FORMICA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 2342502402     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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