Body weight distributions of central European Coleoptera

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 769-776

  Ulrich, Werner ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Beetles; Body weight; Size ratios; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36248985214     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.098     Document Type: Article

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