Slug feeding in the carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius: Seasonality and dependence on prey size

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-205

  Paill, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a Okoteam Institute for Faunistics and Animal Ecology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PREY SIZE; SEASONALITY;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 2342563121     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/70.2.203     Document Type: Article

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