Assessing capture techniques for ground beetles

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-122

  Dávalos, Andrea ^a   Blossey, Bernd ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CAPTURE METHOD; ENTOMOLOGY; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33646450680     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N05-018     Document Type: Article

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