Quaternary Coleoptera of the United States and Canada

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2003, Pages 505-517

  Ashworth, Allan C ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(03)01024-8     Document Type: Review

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