Deep interstitial habitat as a refuge for Agabus paludosus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) during summer droughts

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-41

  Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   Bo, Tiziano ^a   Bosi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DROUGHT; HABITAT; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; REFUGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGABUS PALUDOSUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 33645814826     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/842.1     Document Type: Article

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