Ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and their seasonal abundance in cool season turfgrass lawns of Quebec

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1508-1514

  Rochefort, Sophie ^a   Shetlar, David J ^b   Brodeur, Jacques ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beneficial arthropods; Carabidae; Turfgrass; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; GRASS; LIFE CYCLE; SEASON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AMARA AENEA; ARTHROPODA; BEMBIDION MIMUS; CARABIDAE; CLIVINA FOSSOR; COLEOPTERA; DYSCHIRIUS; HARPALUS RUFIPES; POACEAE;

EID: 34249110355     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1508:GBACCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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