Contrary food requirements of the larvae of two Curtonotus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Amara) species

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Saska, P ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Competition for food; Duration of development; Granivory; Omnivory; Resource partitioning; Seed predation; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRANIVORY; LARVA; OMNIVORY; SURVIVAL;

AMARA AULICA; AMARA CONVEXIUSCULA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; CARABIDAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA; CURTONOTUS; INSECTA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM INODORUM; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 29844445917     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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