Activity density, diversity and seasonal dynamics of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Bt-(MON810) and in isogenic maize stands

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Szekeres, Dóra ^a   Kádár, Ferenc ^b   Kiss, József ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALATHUS AMBIGUUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DOLICHUS HALENSIS; HARPALUS DISTINGUENDUS; POECILUS; TRECHUS QUADRISTRIATUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750739537     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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