Consumption of fresh and buried seed by ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-364

  Martinková, Zdenka ^a   Saska, Pavel ^a   Honěk, Alois ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Harpalus affinis; Preference; Pseudoophonus rufipes; Seed predation; Soil seed bank; Weed

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANT; SEED PREDATION;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS AFFINIS; PSEUDOOPHONUS RUFIPES; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM INODORUM;

EID: 33744471900     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.048     Document Type: Article

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