Field boundaries restrict dispersal of a tropical tiger beetle, megacephala angustata chevrolat 1841 (coleoptera: Cicindelidae);Barreras vivas como agente de restricción para la dispersión de un cicindélido tropical, Megacephala angustata Chevrolat 1841 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Entomotropica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Horgan, Finbarr G ^a,b   Chávez, Julio C ^a  

^a University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bursera simoruba (L.) sargent; Capture mark recapture; El salvador; Predation; Schnable method; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748419998     PISSN: 13175262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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