Body weight distributions of European Hymenoptera

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 518-528

  Ulrich, Werner ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; INSECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WEIGHT;

HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845624698     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14839.x     Document Type: Article

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