Density and survival of Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) in overwintering sites in Manitoba

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-317

  Turnock, W J ^a   Wise, I L ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beach ridge forest; Coccinellidae; Lady Beetles; Lake Manitoba; Leaf litter; Overwintering sites; Red River

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT SELECTION; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DENSITY;

CANADA; LAKE MANITOBA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLA TRANSVERSOGUTTATA; COCCINELLA TRANSVERSOGUTTATA RICHARDSONI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; HIPPODAMIA PARENTHESIS; HIPPODAMIA TREDECIMPUNCTATA;

EID: 27644450075     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i3.10     Document Type: Article

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